~tara – When something happened
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)
You may asked, why there is a double “t”. Well for some verbs, we have to use double “t”, some is not and some uses “dara” instead of “tara”. The conversion is very much similar to the formation of verbs into Past Tense which I have covered previously. Read that lesson to understand the rules of the conversion.
Example 2
Biru o nomimashita. Kao ga (akai)akaku narimashita. (Drank Beer. Face turned red.)
Biru o nondara, kao ga akaku narimashita. (After drinking beer, my face turned red.)
Try to make a sentence yourself. It’s easy.
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January 4th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
so i have a question about “tara”
is it like “when”
and could you use “to” or “toki” instead of “nattara”
hmm, i mean like this
“6 ji ni naru to(ki), tenku ga kuraku naru”
japanese seems to have so many variations on how to say the same thing
its confusing at times :0
January 4th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Hi a-ko, you cannot use “toki (one word)” for the above example because “6ji ni naru” is not DOING something but to tell you that something will happen when it reaches certain time. “Toki” is used to express something that you are DOING. For example :
Basu o noru toki ni, nemutaku narimasu. (When I am taking a bus, I’ll feel sleepy)
Hope this help. Thanks
January 5th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
ah i see.
thank you
it makes that a little more clearer :]
i would have never known that.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
You are always welcome, a-ko
May 10th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
watashi wa, ebi o tabettara, kao ga akaku narimashita. ebi no arerigu kara desu.
ne, did i say that correctly?
May 10th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
What do you mean by “arerigu”
June 23rd, 2010 at 6:56 am
well… i guess i want to share something abt the ~tara form
i think the ‘~tara’ and form came fron the ‘~te’ form. if someone knows how 2 form the ‘~te’ of the plain form, i guess it’s an advantage too.
4 example:
naru –> natte –> nattara
yomu –> yonde –> yondara
hope this helps. thankz 4 this nice blog
May 19th, 2011 at 5:34 am
Nanda: that’s correct. It actually comes from the perfective form (ta form). So a negative predicate is:
Nenakattara, kibun ga waruku narimasu.
When I don’t sleep, I begin to feel sick.
And a noun (or an adjectival noun) would be:
Hima dattara, sanpou shimasu.
If I’m free, I will go for a walk.
So basically, take the -ta form and add “ra”
November 18th, 2011 at 5:52 am
What about if you want to say: if you want to go out tonight, you have you clean your room first? (so how do you change the tai form to ta form?)
November 18th, 2011 at 6:30 pm
To change tai to the ta for, it becomes “takattara”, so the sentence would be:
Konban dekaketakattara, heya wo souji shinakereba ikenai.