Page 411 - Basic Japanese

Tanaka-san ga issho ni konakereba omoshiroku nai

deshō.
It won’t be any fun unless Mr. Tanaka comes
along.

Sono eiga wa minakereba ii ka warui ka wakaranai
deshō.
We won’t know whether the movie’s good or

bad unless we see it.

Here are some examples of the provisional used in
affirmative sentences.

Ame ga fureba tsuri ni ikimasen.

If it rains, I’m not going to go fishing.

Nihongo de hanaseba sugu

wakarimasu.

If you speak in Japanese, they’ll understand
right away.

Feisubukku ni posuto sureba hito ga takusan kuru deshō.
Once you post it on Facebook, many people will
come.