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Learn Japanese: densha ga hayaku nakereba, okuremasu. - If the train is not early, I will be late.

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/The conditional particle ば with い-adjectives
/densha ga hayaku nakereba, okuremasu.

densha ga hayaku nakereba, okuremasu.

電でん車しゃ　が　早はやく　なければ、　遅おくれます。densha ga hayaku nakereba, okuremasu.

If the train is not early, I will be late.

Breakdown of densha ga hayaku nakereba, okuremasu.

subject particle

早はやいhayai

電でん車しゃdensha

遅おくれるokureru

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

to be late; to be delayed; to be overdue

〜なければ〜nakereba

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