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JLPT N1 Grammar

たら～ところだ

N1假设

N1 · 假设 · ta-form verb + ら + 句子 + ところだ

if...would have; would be

ta-form verb + ら + 句子 + ところだ

Shows that if the first condition had held, the following result would have occurred, often for near misses.

Often used with expressions like もう少し and 一歩間違えたら.

もう少し連絡が遅れたら、予約を取り消されるところだった。

If we had contacted them a little later, the reservation would have been canceled.

Do not confuse it with an ordinary conditional; it often looks back with 'fortunately it did not happen.'

It almost stepped into another result.

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