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ja nakereba

じゃ なければja nakereba
if not; (after na-adjectives and nouns)
From Lesson 380:The particle ば with nouns and な-adjectives·Japanese

Usages of ja nakereba

彼かれ が 学がく生せい じゃ なければ、 入はいれません。kare ga gakusei ja nakereba, hairemasen.
If he’s not a student, he can’t enter.
静しずか じゃ なければ、 図と書しょ館かん で 勉べん強きょうしません。shizuka ja nakereba, toshokan de benkyoushimasen.
If it’s not quiet, I won’t study in the library.

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