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  2. /The particle ば with nouns and な-adjectives
  3. /isha naraba, shinrai dekimasu.

isha naraba, shinrai dekimasu.

医い者しゃ ならば、 信しん頼らい できます。isha naraba, shinrai dekimasu.
If she is a doctor, you can trust her.

Breakdown of isha naraba, shinrai dekimasu.

医い者しゃisha
medical doctor
信しん頼らい できるshinrai dekiru
trustworthy; able to be trusted

The structure [noun] + できる is a common way to express the ability or possibility related to the noun. This construction turns the noun into an adjective describing the noun that follows.

ならばnaraba
if; (following na-adjective or noun)
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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasitaHepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita
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