Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 Grammar: 57. ~たら

Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 Grammar: 57. ~たら (tara)
Here is Japanese N4 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N4 textbook.

~たら

1. Structure:
[verb / い-adjective / な-adjective] in the た form + ら…
Noun + だったら…
For the negative of な-adjectives and nouns we use でなかったら

2. Meaning:
a. Meaning 1: if (hypothetical condition)

あした天気がよかったら、海へ行きませんか。
If the weather is fine tomorrow, shall we go to the beach?

お金と時間があったら、船で世界旅行をしたい。
If I had the money and time, I would like to travel around the world by ship.

きらいだったら食べなくてもいいですよ
If you do not like it, you do not have to eat it.

「漢字が読めますか」「ええ、簡単な漢字だったら読めます」
“Can you read kanji?” “Yes, if they are simple ones”

b. Meaning 2: After doing something / becoming something, then…

冬休みになったら帰国するつもりだ。
When the winter holidays come, I plan to go back to my country.

この仕事が終わったら帰ってもいいですか。
May I go home once I finish this work?

駅に着いたら電話してください。迎えに行きますから。
Call me when you get to the station. I will come and pick you up.

c. Meaning 3: The result of doing something; the first action causes the second.

エアコンをつけたらすぐに暖かくなった。
As soon as I turned on the air conditioner, it got warm.

久しぶりに運動したら、体が痛くなった。
I exercised for the first time in ages, so my whole body aches.

d. Meaning 4: Finding out what had already happened after doing an action. (Same as meaning 3 of the structure in Lesson 56).

デパートへ行ったら休みだった。
When I got to the shop, I found it was closed.

１分遅れて教室に入ったら、もう授業は始まっていた。
I was only a minute late, but when I entered the classroom the lesson had already started.