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N4 レッスン 10: 18/18

()かったShould have, I wish, It would have been better to

使い方・接続

Verb[ば]+ よかった

Examples:
()べる → ()べれ + よかった
()む → () + よかった
する → すれ + よかった

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  • 使用域

    一般

「ばよかった」の情報

ばよかった is a common expression used when someone regrets that something has not been/was not done. It is a pairing of the conjunction particle , and the past form of the い-Adjective, () (remembering that conjugations of いい use よ, and not い). This construction is often translated to 'I wish I did (A)', or 'I should have done (A)'.

ばよかった is used after verbs, so requires the standard conjugation, before adding よかった.

As highlights hypothetical situations, ばよかった literally means that 'it would have been good if (A)', where (A) is the thing that the speaker wishes had happened.

Fun Fact

This grammar point is in direct contrast to ばいい, the non-past version, which is used to express 'it would be good if (A)'.



例文

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    (つぎ)電車(でんしゃ)()てば()かったです

    I should have waited for the next train.

    ゲームより勉強(べんきょう)すれば()かったです

    It would have been better to study rather than play games.

    天気予報(てんきよほう)()れば()かったです

    I should have looked at the weather forecast.

    スーパー()った(とき)牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう)()えば()かった

    I should have bought milk while I was at the store.

    ()ないで日本語(にほんご)勉強(べんきょう)すれば()かった

    It would have been better to study Japanese rather than sleep.

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  • rin0108

    rin0108

    Very late but I would like to know this as well, it’s really bothering me LOL

  • testing

    testing

    Like @EbonyMidget mentioned it’s ないで (JLPT N4) | Bunpro. What’s missing from that article is that ないで can also have an “instead of” meaning.

    From A Handbook of Japanese Grammar:

    V-ないで (instead of)
    V-ないで is used to make a contrastive statement about two things. Means “do such-and-such instead of doing something else,” […].

    So:

    • 寝ないで、- instead of sleeping
    • 日本語を勉強 - learning Japanese
    • すればよかった。- would’ve been better
  • rin0108

    rin0108

    Oh okay, I see (idk how I missed that reply sry!). That explains a lot… I feel like that is a pretty important thing to include in the Grammar Point no? But thank you very much for the quick reply!

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