N2 grammar · Lesson 7

「ないことには」「ない限かぎり」「ものなら」: conditions

実際じっさいに使つかってみないことには、いいかどうかわからない。

「ないことには」: a prerequisite; 「ないかぎり」: unless; 「なら〜で」: accepting it; 「ものなら」: if only, or if you dare. Compare 「なければ」 「なら」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「〜ないことには」: unless you … first, you can’t …
  2. 02「〜ないかぎり」: as long as … not; unless …
  3. 03「〜（の）なら〜で」: if that’s how it is, that has its own …
  4. 04「〜ものなら」: if only I could …; if you dare …
  5. 05Compared with similar expressions
  6. 06Dialogue and short text: planning a barbecue, a weekend vegetable plot

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read the passage and answer the questions

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