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What is the difference between 寒い時は窓を開けません and 寒かったら窓を開けません ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 寒い時は窓を開けません and 寒かったら窓を開けません ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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I think the translation in the question box ” 寒いの時窓を開けません” should be "寒い時は窓を開けません".
Then I am imagining this conversation is being held between friends in a warm room.
Then, 寒い時は窓を開けません means " I don't/won't open the window when it's cold outside." (=They know/are sure it is cold outside.)
寒かったら窓を開けません means " I don't/won't open the window if it's cold." (They don't know if it is cold outside or not.)
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I understand fundamentally that both mean "I don't open the window when it is cold," but I want to understand the nuance between using the ら conditional versus 時.
- Japanese
I think the translation in the question box ” 寒いの時窓を開けません” should be "寒い時は窓を開けません".
Then I am imagining this conversation is being held between friends in a warm room.
Then, 寒い時は窓を開けません means " I don't/won't open the window when it's cold outside." (=They know/are sure it is cold outside.)
寒かったら窓を開けません means " I don't/won't open the window if it's cold." (They don't know if it is cold outside or not.)
- English (US)
@funfunfun I realized right after I submitted the question that it should be 「寒い時は」and made an edit. Thanks for confirming my suspicion and thanks for the explanation of the differences.
- Japanese
Hello,Mr.JacobMason.
どちらでも通じますが、
【外や部屋の中が寒い場合】
（When it's cold outside or in the room）
寒い時は窓を開けません。
の方が自然な言い方（This is a more natural way to say it.）
「寒かったら」を使う場合、
寒かったら窓を閉めます。
の方が自然な言い方（This is a more natural way to say it.）
※通常、窓は「暑い時」→開ける
「寒い時」→閉める
こんな感じの説明でどうでしょうか。
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