2 different ways to describe consecutive actions


> 名前書いたら帰る (I will write my name and I will go home)

I was a bit confused because of the conditional たら, so I tried to made up a
sentence to later ask a native speaker:

> シャワーを浴びたら公園に行く (I want to say: "I will take a shower and I will go to the
> park")

So, it uses the same grammar as in the manga I read. But when I asked my
friend, he said that the sentence: シャワーを浴びて公園に行く sounds more natural than the
one I made.

What it's the difference between those two sentences? Is there any special
rule about describing consecutive actions by using the conditional form?




> 「シャワーを[浴]{あ}び **たら** [公園]{こうえん}に[行]{い}く。」

is completely correct and _**very**_ natural despite what your friend said.
「たら」 is used that way all the time among us native speakers. The nuance of
that sentence is that you know you will be going to the park pretty soon, but
you just want to take a shower first.

Nuance-wise, it is not as if taking a shower were the important "condition"
for you to go to the park. In other words, this is fairly different from
saying " _ **If A, then B**_." both in meaning and feeling.

「たら」 is only "fully conditional" both in name and form when used in sentences
such as:

> 「[雨]{あめ}が[降]{ふ}っ **たら** 、[明日]{あす}のピクニックは[中止]{ちゅうし}になります。」(If it rains,
> tomorrow's picnic will be canceled.)
>
> 「そんなにお[菓子]{かし}ばかり[食]{た}べて **たら** 、[太]{ふと}るわよ。」(You will get fat if you keep
> eating snacks like that.)

I am sure that you could "feel" the difference in the use of 「たら」 between
those two sentences and the sentence in question about showering and going to
the park.

If the sentence in question had been:

> 「シャワーを浴び **たら** 、公園に **行ってもいい** わよ。」

it would have been a full-fledged conditional sentence because it would then
have meant " _ **You may go to the park only if you take a shower first**_." A
mother might say that to her kid.

Regarding the other sentence in question,

> 「シャワーを浴び **て** 公園に行く。」

is certainly grammatical and "okay", but it is _**not**_ necessarily more
natural than the first sentence using 「たら」.

To my Japanese ears at least, that is a very character-less sentence. It is
close to memo-writing in feeling -- " _ **Will do A and B**_.".

It would be considerably more natural for a native speaker to say:

> 「シャワーを浴び **てから** 公園に行く。」

if one wanted to imply that the order of the two actions happening is of some
importance.

The te-form in general is useful, but it would help Japanese-learners to
produce more natural-sounding sentences if they learned to use
「～～てから」、「～～て、それから」 instead of just using 「～～て」 in describing the order of
consecutive actions.




> 「シャワーを[浴]{あ}び **たら** [公園]{こうえん}に[行]{い}く。」

is completely correct and _**very**_ natural despite what your friend said.
「たら」 is used that way all the time among us native speakers. The nuance of
that sentence is that you know you will be going to the park pretty soon, but
you just want to take a shower first.

Nuance-wise, it is not as if taking a shower were the important "condition"
for you to go to the park. In other words, this is fairly different from
saying " _ **If A, then B**_." both in meaning and feeling.

「たら」 is only "fully conditional" both in name and form when used in sentences
such as:

> 「[雨]{あめ}が[降]{ふ}っ **たら** 、[明日]{あす}のピクニックは[中止]{ちゅうし}になります。」(If it rains,
> tomorrow's picnic will be canceled.)
>
> 「そんなにお[菓子]{かし}ばかり[食]{た}べて **たら** 、[太]{ふと}るわよ。」(You will get fat if you keep
> eating snacks like that.)

I am sure that you could "feel" the difference in the use of 「たら」 between
those two sentences and the sentence in question about showering and going to
the park.

If the sentence in question had been:

> 「シャワーを浴び **たら** 、公園に **行ってもいい** わよ。」

it would have been a full-fledged conditional sentence because it would then
have meant " _ **You may go to the park only if you take a shower first**_." A
mother might say that to her kid.

Regarding the other sentence in question,

> 「シャワーを浴び **て** 公園に行く。」

is certainly grammatical and "okay", but it is _**not**_ necessarily more
natural than the first sentence using 「たら」.

To my Japanese ears at least, that is a very character-less sentence. It is
close to memo-writing in feeling -- " _ **Will do A and B**_.".

It would be considerably more natural for a native speaker to say:

> 「シャワーを浴び **てから** 公園に行く。」

if one wanted to imply that the order of the two actions happening is of some
importance.

The te-form in general is useful, but it would help Japanese-learners to
produce more natural-sounding sentences if they learned to use
「～～てから」、「～～て、それから」 instead of just using 「～～て」 in describing the order of
consecutive actions.

