Example sentences
Formation
(i) Vconditionalば{Adjectiveい/Vpotential}informal | ものを | |
VconditionalばAdjectiveな stem | {な/だった}ものを | |
行けば{いい/よかった}ものを | Someone should go/should have gone there but | |
注意すれば{安全な/安全だった}ものを | Someone would be/would have been safe if he were/had been attentive | |
勉強すれば{行ける/行けた}ものを | Someone could go/could have gone there, if he/she studied/had studied | |
(ii) Vinformal pastら~ | Vinformalものを | |
あったら{食べる/食べた}ものを | Someone would/could have eaten something if it were/had been there | |
(iii) Vinformal pastら~ | {いい/よかった}ものを | |
行ったら{いい/よかった}ものを | It would be/would have been good if someone went/had gone there |