If もし

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For simplicity, we will take the "understandable but not totally correct" approach. To say "if..." start with もし moshi. To be "totally correct" you should also change the end of the verb to a ～ば ba, たら tara, or なら nara or some other conditional. You will need to know the "totally correct" forms later but for now just concentrate on adding the moshi.

SIMPLIFIED UNDERSTANDABLE ENGLISH TOTALLY CORRECT VERSION
もし　あなた　が　きます。
moshi anata ga kimasu.

If you come.

もし　あなた　が　きたら。
moshi anata ga kitara.
もし　はれ。
moshi hare.

If it's sunny.

もし　はれ　たら。
moshi hare tara.

Special useful phrases - you can ignore this if you want...

もし　よければ。。。
moshi yokereba...
If it is ok with you... [let's do this...]

もし　ほしかったら、
moshi hoshikattara,
If you want (it), - when offering something to someone

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When is the best way。。。

Submitted by ssakurai21 on Sat, 11/07/2009 - 21:53.

When is the best way to add ~tara and ~nara at the end? Like, is ~tara for verbs????? pls help.. どうも　ありがとう　ございます。

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sorry i ment nara

Submitted by Justin McCloud on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 12:53.

sorry i ment nara

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Thanks. I just uploaded a

Submitted by clay on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 05:59.
Thanks. I just uploaded a few example sentences with audio here: http://www.thejapanesepage.com/grammar/nara

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do you have an example using

Submitted by Justin McCloud on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 12:41.

do you have an example using ba at the end?

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