ame ga tsuzuku to, beranda ni hosenai node, kansouki ga totemo yaku ni tachimasu.

When it keeps raining, I cannot hang things out on the balcony, so the dryer is very useful.

Breakdown of ame ga tsuzuku to, beranda ni hosenai node, kansouki ga totemo yaku ni tachimasu.

• が: subject particle
• 雨あめ: rain
• とても: very
• と: conditional particle

Questions & Answers about ame ga tsuzuku to, beranda ni hosenai node, kansouki ga totemo yaku ni tachimasu.

Why is it 雨が続くと and not 雨は続くと?

In this sentence, が marks 雨 as the thing that is doing the action 続く.

• 雨が続く = rain continues
• 雨は続く would sound more contrastive, like as for the rain, it continues or the rain, at least, continues

Here, the speaker is just stating the condition naturally, so が is the normal choice.

What does 続く mean here?

続く means to continue or to keep going.

So:

• 雨が続く = the rain continues
• more naturally in English: when it keeps raining / when rainy weather continues

It does not mean one single moment of rain. It suggests rain over a period of time.

Why is 続く in the plain form before と?

Before と used as a conditional, Japanese uses the plain form.

So:

• 続くと = if/when it continues
• 続きますと is possible in very formal speech, but not the normal everyday way here

This is very common in polite sentences: even if the main sentence ends politely, earlier clauses often stay in plain form.

So the structure is:

• 雨が続くと = conditional clause in plain form
• 役に立ちます = main clause in polite form