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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
+
と
+
clause
means
when / if (verb) happens, then (clause)
べんきょう
勉強
しない
と
しけん
試験
に
お
落
ちます
よ。
If you don't study, you will fail the exam.
ふゆ
冬
になると
いき
息
が
しろ
白
く
なる。
When it becomes winter breath becomes white.
もり
森
でハイキングが
だいす
大好
き
なものの、こんなに
さむ
寒
い
と
ひ
引
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
の
なか
中
があまりにも
あつ
暑
い
と
こども
子供
が
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
静
か
だと
いや
嫌
な
き
気
がしてきます
。
When it’s this quiet, I get an uneasy feeling.
かわ
川
の
なか
中
が
いわ
岩
だらけだから、
はだし
裸足
だとけがをするかもしれない。
The river is rocky, so if you go barefoot you might hurt yourself.
くるま
車
だと
とど
止
めにくい
ので、
じてんしゃ
自転車
で
い
行
く
のをお
す
勧
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
本
を
よ
読
んでみる
とやさしかった。
I found the book easy.
さん
3
に
ご
5
を
くわ
加
える
と
はち
8
になる。
Add 5 to 3 and you have 8.
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Kanji used in this grammar

勉
ベン    exertion   
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強
キョウ   ゴウ   つよい 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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試
シ   ためす to test   こころみる to attempt   
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験
ケン   ゲン    verification   
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落
ラク   おちる to fall   おとす to drop (something)   
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冬
トウ   ふゆ winter   
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息
ソク   いき breath   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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森
シン   もり forest   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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好
コウ   このむ    すく to like   
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寒
カン   さむい cold   
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引
イン   ひく to pull   ひける to be over   
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部
ブ   part
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屋
オク   や roof   
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中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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暑
ショ   あつい hot (weather)   
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子
シ   ス   こ child   
供
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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集
シュウ   あつめる to gather   あつまる    つどう to assemble   
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静
セイ   ジョウ   しずか quiet, still   しずまる to become still   しずめる to becalm, to quell   
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嫌
ケン   ゲン   いや disagreeable   きらう to dislike   
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気
キ   ケ    spirit   
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川
セン   かわ river   
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岩
ガン   いわ a boulder   
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裸
ラ   はだか naked   
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足
ソク   あし foot; leg   たす to add   たる    たりる to be sufficient   
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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加
カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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