[✐3.Moderato] Conditional: -eba 〜ば いいですか、i-adjective, noun：〜nara 「リクエストがあれば、おしえてください。」
“If you have a request, let me know.”
[00:08]
Hello, everyone. We begin with reviewing 3 forms; Masu-, Jisho- and Jouken(conditional)-Kei(forms).
Repeat after me
[00:17]
1.  eat
2.  see/watch/look
3.  be
4.  fall(rain, snow)
5.  read
6.  go
7.  hear/listen
8.  meet/see
9.  buy
10.  call
11.  do
12.  come
[01:38]
There are Jouken(conditional)-kei(form) of na- and i-adjectives.  Note that “〜nara” follows after adjectives and nouns.
Repeat after me
[01:51]
1.  good
2.  bad
3.  high/tall/expensive
4.  cheap
5.  clean/beautiful
6.  free/disengaged/leisure
7.  quiet
8.  rain
9.  snow
10.  spring
[02:45]
Now let’s practice with sentences.
Repeat after me
[02:48]
1.  If you walk, it’s about 20 minutes to the station.
2.  If you go to that 100-yen shop, you can buy almost anything.
3.  If you have a question, ask me.
4.  If you eat this, you’ll be fine.
5.  If it’s clear on weekend, I will play tennis.
6.  If it snows, it’s “White Christmas”, isn’t it?
7.  If you read this, you will understand it well.
8.  If you take the medicine, you will get better.
9.  If you call the police, they will come soon.
10.  If you buy two, the third one is half price.
11.  When it comes to coffee, I recommend you that café.
12.  Where should I write my name?
13.  I’d like to go to Asakusa, but how can I go(get) there?
14.  I don’t know how to use this. What should I do?
[05:31]
Make a sentence as follows;
For example,
Tomorrow rain, cancel
→  If it rains tomorrow, it will be cancelled.
Here we go.

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