Learning objectives
- Lesson goals: Learn なら for picking up a topic and giving specific advice or judgment about it.
- Form and connection: [Noun/句子] なら、[建议/判断]
- Nuance in real use: なら is the most conversational of the four conditionals — it always responds to someone, as if saying "since you brought that up, here's what I think..."
Form and connection
Core Explanation
Learn なら for picking up a topic and giving specific advice or judgment about it.
Cultural Note
Practical examples
Common pitfalls
Build the base form before adding the pattern
Complete the required conjugation first. Do not keep polite and plain endings at the same time.
Match politeness to the situation
The examples are reliable starting points; relationships and context can still change the most natural wording.
Practice and answers
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