〜ては (~te wa) — if ~, that's bad
Do that and something bad follows — a warning condition.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
Meaning
「〜ては」warns that doing something leads to a bad result: 「毎日コンビニ弁当を食べては、体に悪い」= eating convenience-store lunches every day is bad for you.
How to attach
- Add は to the て-form; if it ends in で it becomes では (飲んでは).
- Nouns and な-adjectives take 「〜では」.
- In casual speech it contracts to 「〜ちゃ／じゃ」: 「食べちゃだめ」= you mustn't eat it.
Watch out
A bad result or a prohibition always follows, so it never appears with something positive.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
毎日コンビニ弁当を食べては、体に悪い。
まいにちコンビニべんとうをたべては、からだにわるい。
Eating convenience-store lunches every day is bad for you.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 食べる → て-form 食べて → attach は to it → a bad result comes after → it becomes a warning.
そんなにお酒を飲んでは、体をこわすよ。
そんなにおさけをのんでは、からだをこわすよ。
Drinking that much will ruin your health.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 飲む → て-form 飲んで → since it ends in で, it becomes では → a bad result comes after.
ここでたばこをすってはいけません。
You must not smoke here.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) すう → て-form すって → attach は → then いけません comes after → it becomes a sentence that forbids something.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「毎日遅くまで起き＿、体によくない。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: The warning condition.
て-form + は = if you do that, it's bad.
Which form comes from 「飲んで」?
💡 Hint: It ends in で.
で + は = では.
What follows 「〜ては」?
💡 Hint: It's a warning.
Always a bad result or a prohibition.
Your score: /3