TSUKIATARI MADE IKU TO... / IF YOU GO TO THE END OF THE ROAD...

Using と for if or when

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HIDARI NI MAGARU TO... / IF YOU TURN LEFT...

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THIS STRUCTURE ALLOWS US TO CONVEY IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN/WHAT TO DO AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME, OR AT A CERTAIN POINT IN A PROCESS.

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When と comes after a verb, the verb is usually in the plain form except in formal speech, where speakers might use the ます form.

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はる  に  なる と、はな が さきます。

• When it's spring, flowers bloom.

さむく  なる と、こたつ を だします。

• When it gets cold, we bring out the kotatsu.

あつくなる と、いや　です。

• When it gets hot, it's awful.

あき に なる と、山の いろ が かわります。

• When autumn comes, the hills change colour.

つきあたり まで 行く と、おてら が  みえます。

• If you go to the end of the road, you will see the temple.

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PRACTICE USING "～と" ON QUIZLET