Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Japanese conditional (if), am I using the right one?

Question:


I want to say: "If I have enough money, I will go to Japan next year"
来年、お金があるなら私は日本に行きます。
I wasn't sure how to say 'enough'

Answer:


enough is "juubun" 十分

Forming Conditionals

(1) moshi + verb-tara phrase
noun nara

moshi, okane ga juubunn aru nara, watashi wa nihon ni ikimasu.

(atara)
moshi okane ga juubunn atara, watashi wa nihon ni ikimasu

(2) moshi + verb+"e" ba conjugation

moshi, okane ga juubun areba, watashi wa nihon ni ikimasu.

So you may want to have someone teach you about how to form the "e" ba conjugation... and tara formations...


Your sentence is ok though!

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