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Grammar detail: verb なら conditional form

verb なら conditional form  if
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なら
implies
if (verb happens), then (something will follow)
The result would occur later in time than the initial event.
もし
かのじょ
彼女
いま
しゅっぱつ
出発
する
なら
です
If she'd set off now, she would make it on time.
たいせき
体積
けいさん
計算
する
なら
たて
よこ
ふか
ければ
よい
To calculate the volume, multiply the length by the width by the depth.
This form of conditional can also follow a noun phrase, as well as other plain forms of a verb such as the たい form.
もし
まんいち
万一
てつだ
手伝
ひつよう
必要
ならぜひ
らせ
ください
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わたし
ともだち
友達
なりたいなら
わたし
ともだち
友達
とも
ともだち
友達
なってくれ
Love me, love my dog.
なら is one of the three common forms of conditional (the others are the たら and the ば forms).
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Kanji used in this grammar

ヒ   かれ he   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
コン   キン   いま now   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あ to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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セキ   つ to load, to heap up   つもる to be piled up   
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ケイ   はからう to arrange   はか to measure, compute   
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サン    calculate   
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ジュウ   たて vertical, length   
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オウ   よこ side   
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シン   ふか deep   ふかめる to fill   ふかまる to deepen   
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hanging   かかる to be hanging, to cost, to take   かける to hang up, to spend, to multiply   -がかり person in charge   
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マン   バン    10,000   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
デン   つたえる to tell, transmit   つたわる to be handed down   つた to go along   
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ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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チ   し to know   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ユウ   とも friend   
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タツ    arrive   
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