JIS-B: Grammar -tara 名前: ________________________________________

4/17/09
One to say “if” in Japanese is with －たら.
This is formed by adding ら to the plain-form past of any of the three sentence types.
例：
どうし

動詞：食べる→食べたら；行く→行ったら
けいようし

形容詞：新しい→あたらしかったら；ない→なかったら
めいし

名詞＋だ：車だ→車だったら
例：
もっと強く押したら、ドアが開きますよ。 If you push harder, the door will open.
Adding どう after a －たら clause makes a suggestion. Literally, it is saying “how would it be
if…”.
例：
パソコンを使ったらどうですか。 How about using a computer?
次の文章を、「でしょう」を使って日本語で書きなさい:
1.You’d understand if you asked the teacher. (speaking to a friend) (「でしょう」を使いなさい)

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2. I’ll buy it if it’s cheap. (speaking to a friend)

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かのうけい

3. You’ll be able to get there in 30 minutes if you go by car. (可能形を使いなさい)

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4. If you have time, you should do things like seeing the ocean and the mountains. (speaking to a
teacher) (「-法がいい」と「-たり-たりする」を使いなさい)

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5. It’s a little expensive, but why don’t you go by airplane? (speaking to a friend)

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6. We don’t have much time, so why don’t I make the cake? (speaking to a teacher)
(「でしょう」を使いなさい)

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