Is the 仮定形 used only to make the conditional?


toru --aEiou--> tore --joshi--> toreba.

Is the ba-joshi the only suffix that can be added to the kateikei form of the
verb?




In modern Japanese, 仮定形 is used almost exclusively to make a conditional. The
definition in a Japanese dictionary 大辞林 suggests that 仮定形 is alway followed by
“ば”.

One apparent exception is “すれども” but this is 已然形 + “ども”. 已然形 is used in
classical Japanese and means that something has been done. 已然形 is an ancestor
of 仮定形 but their meaning is different.




In modern Japanese, 仮定形 is used almost exclusively to make a conditional. The
definition in a Japanese dictionary 大辞林 suggests that 仮定形 is alway followed by
“ば”.

One apparent exception is “すれども” but this is 已然形 + “ども”. 已然形 is used in
classical Japanese and means that something has been done. 已然形 is an ancestor
of 仮定形 but their meaning is different.

