ame ga yandara, beranda no sentakubasami o katazukemasu.

When the rain stops, I will put away the clothespins on the balcony.

Breakdown of ame ga yandara, beranda no sentakubasami o katazukemasu.

• を: direct object particle
• が: subject particle
• の: possessive case particle
• 雨あめ: rain

Questions & Answers about ame ga yandara, beranda no sentakubasami o katazukemasu.

Why is やんだら used here, and how is it formed?

やんだら comes from the verb やむ, which means to stop and is commonly used for things like rain or snow stopping.

Formation:

• やむ → やんだ (plain past)
• やんだ
  • ら → やんだら

So 雨がやんだら means if/when the rain stops.

This 〜たら form often shows a sequence:

1. first, the rain stops
2. then, the speaker puts away the clothespins

Why does 雨 take が here?

Because 雨 is the subject of やむ.

In 雨がやむ, the rain is the thing that stops, so が marks it as the subject.

• 雨がやむ = the rain stops

Using が is very natural in this kind of conditional clause. You might sometimes see は instead, but が is the basic choice here.

Why is やんだら based on a past form even though this is about the future?