Lesson 10
Wish & Regret
- 1 〜たら／ば(いいのに)なあ ~tara / ba (ii noni) naa I wish The wish you voice knowing full well it isn't so.
- 2 〜ばよかった ~ba yokatta should have You didn't, and now you regret it — "I should have".
- 3 〜ば〜のに ~ba ~noni if only ~, then ~ "If that had been so, this would have been" — imagining what didn't happen.
- 4 〜といい・ばいい・たらいい ~to ii / ba ii / tara ii I hope / you could A hope for yourself, or a suggestion for someone else.
- 5 〜ますように ~masu you ni I pray that The prayer you say with hands together, or when wishing someone well.
- 6 〜たものだ ~ta mono da used to "We used to do that, back then" — looking fondly at the past.
Lesson check
All 6 forms of this lesson together — pick the right one from its look-alikes, the way the exam does. 6/8 completes the lesson.
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「懐かしいなあ。子どもの頃は、よく友だちとこの公園で遊＿。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:Fondly recalling what you often did.
Vた + ものだ = what you used to do, recalled fondly. ばよかった is regret, which clashes with 懐かしい.
「試験に落ちてしまった。もっと勉強＿。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:Regret about something already over.
Vば + よかった = should have (regret). したものだ is "used to"; ますように and といい look ahead, not back.
「（神社で手を合わせて）どうか、明日の試験に合格し＿。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:The words you say to the gods, hands together.
どうか … Vます + ように = a prayer to the gods. たらいいのに is a wish with a complaint in it ("if only…, but…") and doesn't go with どうか; 合格しればよかった is a wrong form (it would be 合格すればよかった), and it is regret anyway.
「明日の面接、うまくいく＿ね。」(to a friend) — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:A hope that attaches straight to the dictionary form.
Dictionary form + といい = "I hope…". ますように needs the ます form (いきます); ばよかった and たものだ don't attach to the dictionary form.
(A new junior says, "I don't know the way to the station.") Which sentence gives advice?
💡 Hint:Telling someone "you could just…".
Vば + いい = "you could just…" (advice). ばよかった is regret; たらなあ is your own wish.
「先に言ってくれれば、手伝った＿。」(but they said nothing) — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:"I'd have helped if…, but…" — a complaint.
Vば … Vた + のに = imagining what didn't happen, with a complaint. らなあ, ように and といい can't close a ば sentence like this.
「（雨の日曜日）今日、晴れてい＿なあ。」(a rainy Sunday) — fill the blank.
💡 Hint:It's raining today — a wish you know won't come true.
Vたら + なあ = a wish for what you know isn't so. るといい hopes for something still unknown, but the rain is right in front of you.
Which sentence is unnatural?
💡 Hint:What kind of past does たものだ take?
たものだ recalls something done often long ago; for one swim yesterday, just say 泳いだ.
Your score: /8