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

isya naraba, sinrai dekimasu.

医い者しゃ ならば、 信しん頼らい できます。isya naraba, sinrai dekimasu.
If she is a doctor, you can trust her.
From Lesson 380:The particle ば with nouns and な-adjectives·Japanese

Breakdown of isya naraba, sinrai dekimasu.

医い者しゃisya
medical doctor
信しん頼らい できるsinrai 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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