〜ば、〜 (~ba, ~) — If ~, then ~
If one thing happens, the other follows — joining a condition to its result.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
Meaning
- A conditional form plus a second clause says "if A happens, B happens".
- A is the condition, B is the result.
- It carries the feeling that once the condition is met the result follows naturally, so it is common in advice, rules and facts of nature — 押せば、開きます。安ければ、買います。
Versus what you know
- Which to pick? Use ば when you want to stress that the result only follows if the condition is met.
- Use たら when you need a request after it.
Watch out
- Remember one big rule: if both halves have the same subject and the first half is an action verb, you cannot put a request, an order, an invitation or a wish after it.
- ✗ 東京へ 行けば、電話して ください。
- In that case use たら — ○ 東京へ 行ったら、電話して ください。
- But if the first half is a state (い-adjective, な-adjective, ない, or a verb like ある・いる・わかる) a request is fine — ○ 分からなければ、聞いて ください。
- It is also fine when the subjects differ — ○ 田中さんが 行けば、私も 行きます。
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
ボタンを 押せば、ドアが 開きます。
ボタンを おせば、ドアが あきます。
If you press the button, the door opens.
分からなければ、聞いて ください。
わからなければ、きいて ください。
If you do not understand, please ask.
田中さんが 行けば、私も 行きます。
たなかさんが いけば、わたしも いきます。
If Tanaka goes, I will go too.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
Which sentence is wrong?
💡 Hint: You cannot put a request after ば.
Same subject in both halves and an action verb first — so it must be 行ったら、電話して ください.
「 、聞いて ください」— which fits in the blank?
💡 Hint: A request is fine when the first half is a state.
分からない is a state, not an action, so a request can follow ば.
Which sentence says "if it is cheap, I will buy it"?
💡 Hint: Drop the い of the い-adjective and add ければ.
安い → 安ければ. The ば pattern gives a condition and the result that follows from it — if the condition is met, this happens. 安いから and 安くて give a reason, not a condition.
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