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Grammar detail: verb plain form + と

verb plain form + と  when, if
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verb plain form
or
い adjective
+
+
clause
means
when / if (verb) happens, then (clause)
べんきょう
勉強
しない
しけん
試験
ちます

If you don't study, you will fail the exam.
ふゆ
なる
いき
しろ
なる
When it becomes winter breath becomes white.
もり
ハイキング
だいす
大好
もののこんなに
さむ
いてしまいます

I love going hiking in the woods, but when it's this cold it puts me off.
へや
部屋
なか
あまりにも
あつ
こども
子供
しゅうちゅう
集中
できません
If the room is too hot, the children cannot concentrate.
な adjective
or
noun
+
だと
+
clause
means
when / if (verb) happens, then (clause)
Omit な from な adjectives, when using this form.
こんなに
しず
いや
がしてきます

When it’s this quiet, I get an uneasy feeling.
かわ
なか
いわ
だらけだから
はだし
裸足
けがするかもしれない
The river is rocky, so if you go barefoot you might hurt yourself.
くるま
とど
めにくい
ので
じてんしゃ
自転車
めします

If you choose to take the car, parking will be tricky, so I recommend you go on your bike.
This form is often used in Japanese as a logical linkage between two related concepts, which in English wouldn't necessarily require a direct translation. For example:
その
ほん
んでみる
やさしかった
I found the book easy.
さん
くわ
える
はち
なる
Add 5 to 3 and you have 8.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ベン    exertion   
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キョウ   ゴウ   つよ strong   つよまる to get stronger   つよめる to strengthen   しいる to compel, to force   
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シ   ため to test   こころみる to attempt   
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ケン   ゲン    verification   
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ラク   おちる to fall   おとす to drop (something)   
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トウ   ふゆ winter   
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ソク   いき breath   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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シン   もり forest   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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コウ   この    す to like   
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カン   さむ cold   
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イン   ひ to pull   ひける to be over   
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ブ   part
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オク   や roof   
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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ショ   あつ hot (weather)   
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シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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シュウ   あつめる to gather   あつまる    つど to assemble   
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セイ   ジョウ   しず quiet, still   しずまる to become still   しずめる to becalm, to quell   
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ケン   ゲン   いや disagreeable   きら to dislike   
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キ   ケ    spirit   
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セン   かわ river   
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ガン   いわ a boulder   
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ラ   はだか naked   
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ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
ホン   book   もと origin   
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ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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