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* 剣で草を切ろう Let's cut the grass with the sword. | * 剣で草を切ろう Let's cut the grass with the sword. | ||
* オイラとれんしゅうしよう Let's practice together. | * オイラとれんしゅうしよう Let's practice together. | ||
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| + | == When or If with たら == | ||
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| + | You can add ら after the past tense of a verb to signify when or if. | ||
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| + | *あなたは東京に行ったら私も行きます。 If/When you go to Tokyo, I will go to | ||
| + | *お金が貰ったらコンサートに行きます。 If I get money, I will go to the concert. | ||
| + | *表に出たら「れんしゅう」だ！ When you go out, practice! | ||
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The volitional form; plain tense
You probably already studied the volitional form (Let's ~) in the polite tense (～ましょう)
- (If not, check out Tae Kim's guide, "Making a motion to do something using the volitional form (polite)" here: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/desire )
In this lesson, we will see how to form the "Let's ~" in the plain tense.
For る verbs, take off the final る and add よう.
- 食べよう Let's eat
- 寝よう Let's sleep
For う verbs, change the verb to Base 5 and add う
- 買う 買おう Let's buy
- 読む 読もう Let's read
- 乗る 乗ろう Let's ride
- 死ぬ 死のう Let's die (Hopefully, something you don't come across..)
する and 来る are irregular; their forms are しよう and こよう.
- 借りておこう! Let's plan on returning (it)!
- 剣で草を切ろう Let's cut the grass with the sword.
- オイラとれんしゅうしよう Let's practice together.
When or If with たら
You can add ら after the past tense of a verb to signify when or if.
- あなたは東京に行ったら私も行きます。 If/When you go to Tokyo, I will go to
- お金が貰ったらコンサートに行きます。 If I get money, I will go to the concert.
- 表に出たら「れんしゅう」だ！ When you go out, practice!
