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Grammar detail: なら conditional form
なら conditional form - (verbs, adjectives, nouns) if
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なら is a conditional form, and in general it can be translated as 'if'. It is often used to make suggestions or offer advice.
Usage:
verb + (の) + なら
- see verb なら conditional form.adjective + (の) + なら
noun + なら
In this example, なら is being used as a straightforward conditional meaning 'if':
A common casual usage of なら is to offer a suggestion for what to do on visiting somewhere:
The なら conditional is one of the three common conditional forms (the others are the たら and the ば forms).
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