Japanese なら…だ grammar nara…da
Let’s learn Japanese なら…だ grammar nara…da:
Formation :
Nなら+N+だ
Meaning and how to use :
This structure is used to limit the range of the topic, from that the most evaluated will be given.
For example
いいレストランならあそこのフランスレストランは評判がいいよ。
ii resutoran nara asoko no furansu resutoran ha hyouban ga ii yo
About good restaurant, that French restaurant has good review.
有名なお寺がたくさんある都会なら、ぜひ京都ですね。
yuumei na otera ga takusan aru tokai nara zehi miyako desu ne
If it’s a city with many famous pagodas, it will be Tokyo.
一番人気がある喫茶店ならここの喫茶店がいいですよ。
ichiban hitoke ga aru kissaten nara koko no kissaten ga ii desu yo
If it’s famous coffee shop, this coffee shop is pretty good.
プロなカメラマンなら高橋さんが一番有名ですね。
puro na kameraman nara takabashi san ga ichiban yuumei desu ne
If it’s about professional photographer, Takahashi is the most famous one.
日本の大きい図書館なら東京図書館が一つですね。
nihon no ohkii toshokan nara toukyou toshokan ga hitotsu desu ne
If it’s about big libraries in Japan, Tokyo Library must be one of them.
Note: In this case if we replace「Nは」the meaning won’t change much.
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