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Japanese actually has a confusing array of conditional constructions VERB (conjugated) + nara (or the ridiculously formal "naraba") VERB (conjugated) + som
by unscaled 10y ago
Japanese actually has a confusing array of conditional constructions
VERB (conjugated) + nara (or the ridiculously formal "naraba")
VERB (conjugated) + some noun, such as baai (case)
VERB (plain form) + to
VERB (izenkei form) + ba
VERB (past form) + ra
And there are complex forms such as:
VERB (plain form) + to shitara
VERB (plain form) + to sureba
And you can add moshi or moshimo in the beginning to increase the level of supposition.
Each has a slightly different use and meaning of course, but it's still confusing enough for me even now.