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zya nakereba

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

Usages of zya 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 zya 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。sizuka zya nakereba, tosyokan de benkyousimasen.
If it’s not quiet, I won’t study in the library.

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