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本 を 読んで いたら 二駅 も 乗り過ごして、 知らない 改札口 から 出て しまいました。hon o yonde itara nieki mo norisugoshite, shiranai kaisatsuguchi kara dete shimaimashita.
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While reading a book, I missed my stop by two stations and ended up going out through an unfamiliar ticket gate.
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Breakdown of hon o yonde itara nieki mo norisugoshite, shiranai kaisatsuguchi kara dete shimaimashita.
本hon
book
をo
direct object particle
読むyomu
to read
知るshiru
to know
Questions & Answers about hon o yonde itara nieki mo norisugoshite, shiranai kaisatsuguchi kara dete shimaimashita.
What is the role of を in 本を読んで?
を marks the direct object of the verb.
- 本 = book
- 読む = to read
- so 本を読む = to read a book
In other words, 本 is the thing being read.
Does 読んでいたら mean if I was reading, or something else?
Here, 読んでいたら is better understood as while I was reading or when I was reading.
It comes from:
- 読む → to read
- 読んでいる → be reading
- 読んでいた → was reading
- 読んでいたら → while/when I was reading, ... / as I was reading, ...
Although たら often means if, in real sentences like this it very often means:
- when
- while
- and then, as a result
So this is not really a hypothetical if. It is describing what happened during that situation.
Why use 〜ていたら here instead of just 読んでいた?
