Today, I will share with you “~tara” which is use to convert a standard form of verbs into a different meaning.

Example:
6 ji ni (naru)narimasu. Tenkū ga (kurai)kuraku narimasu (Become 6 o’clock. Sky become dark)
6 ji ni nattara, tenkū ga kuraku narimasu (When it reached 6 o’clock, the sky becomes dark)

The verb used in the above example is “Naru” which in “masu” form, it became”narimasu” which I have covered previously. To convert to “~tara”, it will be nattara (Na,ruttara)

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