Example sentences
Formation
(i) Group 1 verbs | Vconditional ば | |
話せば | If someone talks | |
(ii) Group 2 verbs | Vstem れば | |
食べれば | If someone eats | |
(iii) Irregular verbs | 来る→来れば | If someone comes |
する→すれば | If someone does | |
(iv) Adjective い | Adjective い stem ければ | |
高ければ | If something is expensive | |
(v) Adjective な | Adjective な stem {なら (ば)/ であれば} | |
{静かなら (ば)/ 静かであれば} | If something is quiet | |
(vi) Noun+copula | Noun {なら (ば)/ であれば} | |
{先生なら (ば)/ 先生であれば} | If someone is a teacher |