Example sentences
Formation
(i) Verb | ては | |
食べては | When/if one eats; to eat | |
(ii) Adjective(い/な) | ては | |
大きくては | When/if something/someone is big | |
不便では | When/if something is inconvenient | |
(iii) Noun | では | |
病気では(頼めない) | If someone is ill (I can’t ask him to do something) | |
あの先生では(話にならない) | That teacher (would be out of the question) |