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~ば ようかった です
- ~ba yokatta desu means I wish I had done or
I should have done something.
You can use
it to describe an alternative course of action you, to your regret, did not
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あの時、
「愛している」と言えばよかったです。
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I wish I had told her that I loved her. |
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ano toki,
"ai-shite iru", to ie-ba - yokatta
desu. |
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| 彼女と別れなければよかったです。 |
I should not have broken up with her. |
| kanojo-to wakare-na-kereba - yokatta desu. |
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All verbs can regularly be turned into a ばよかったです sentence with no exception
or irregularity.
You form the ば-form on the basis of the present tense short
forms. |
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Verbs in the affirmative: |
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Drop the う and add: えば: |
| 食べる -> 食べれば |
to eat / if had eaten |
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taberu -> taber-eba |
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| 行く
-> 行けば |
to go |
| iku - ikeba |
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| 待つ -> 待てば |
to wait |
| matsu - mateba |
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| 買う -> 買えば |
to buy |
| kau - kaeba |
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| する -> すれば |
to do |
| suru - sureba |
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| くる -> くれば |
to come, to arrive |
| kuru - kureba |
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Verbs in the negative: |
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Drop the final い and add ければ: |
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食べない ->
食べなければ |
not eat / if had not eaten |
| tabenai -> tabe-na-kereba |
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| 行かない
-> 行かなければ |
not to go |
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ikanai - ikanakereba |
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| 待つない
-> 待たなければ |
not to wait |
| matsunai - matanakereba |
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| 買わない
-> 買わなければ |
not to buy |
| kawanai - kawanakereba |
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| しない -> しなければ |
not to do |
| shinai - shinakereba |
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| こない -> こなければ |
not to come, not to arrive |
| konai - konakereba |
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