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Learn Hardcore Japanese: 〜nakereba - negative conditional form

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 20
/〜nakereba

〜nakereba

Word

〜なければ〜nakereba

Meaning

negative conditional form

Part of speech

verb suffix

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of 〜nakereba

私わたし　は　無理むりな　約束やくそく　は　しない。　時間じかん　が　なければ　行いける　はず　が　ない　から　だ。watashi wa murina yakusoku wa shinai. jikan ga nakereba ikeru hazu ga nai kara da.

I don’t make impossible promises, because if I don’t have time, there’s no way I can go.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

宿題しゅくだい　を　出ださなければ、　先生せんせい　に　注意ちゅういされます。shukudai o dasanakereba, sensei ni chuuisaremasu.

If you don’t turn in your homework, you will be warned by the teacher.

私わたし　は　新品しんぴん　より　中古ちゅうこ　を　買かって、　気き　に　入いらなければ　交換こうかんします。watashi wa shinpin yori chuuko o katte, ki ni iranakereba koukanshimasu.

I buy used rather than new, and if I don’t like it I exchange it.

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