Today I am going to share the homework correction quoted from my JLPT course!
The student’s sentence is not correct. Can you find the mistake?

 

[Student’s sentence]

お金があると、新しい車を買います。

*おかねがあると、あたらしいくるまをかいます。

 

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[My correction]

お金があると、新しい車を買います。
→お金があれば、新しい車を買います。
→お金があったら、新しい車を買います。
If I had the money, I would buy a new car.

 

と is used for constant results, but not for one-time occurrences. In contrast, ば and たら can be used for hypothetical conditions that occur only once.

Using ば, you also consider the opposite condition, like “but the reality is that I can’t afford it because I don’t have the money…”. A たら sentence simply indicates a hypothetical condition.

 

e.g.
×休(やす)みが取(と)れると日本(にほん)に行(い)く。

◎休みが取れれば日本に行く。
I would go to Japan if I could get a vacation. (But in reality, I might not be able to take a vacation.)

◎休みが取れたら日本に行く。
I will go to Japan when I get a vacation.

 

I hope my explanation helps you. 😊

 

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