___ -ba form

Conditional form: It expresses the equivalent of "if"

Examples of the -ba form use ___

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Construction: It is derived from the dict-form.

Group 1 verbs: final "u" becomes "eba"

飲む → 飲めば nomu → nomeba

会う → 会えば au → aeba

直 → 直せば naosu → naoseba

立つ → 立てば tatsu → tateba

Group 2 verbs: final "ru" becomes "reba"

食べる → 食べれば taberu → tabereba

Group 3 verbs

来る → 来れば kuru → kureba

する → すれば suru → sureba

i-Adjectives

-i becomes -kereba

高い → 高けれは" takai → takereba

na-Adjectives or Nouns

Add either -naraba or -de areba

静か[な] → 静かならば shizuka[na] → shizukanaraba

静か[な] → 静か で あれば shizuka[na] → shizuka de areba

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