N3 — outside your level filter

if only … — the good outcome an unmet condition would have produced

もうすこ家賃やちんやすければ、あの部屋へやめるのになあ。

mou sukoshi yachin ga yasukereba, ano heya ni sumeru noni naa.

If only the rent were a bit lower, I could live in that flat. casual

もうすこはやいえていたら、ったのに。

mou sukoshi hayaku ie o dete itara, ma ni atta noni.

If we'd left the house a bit earlier, we'd have made it. casual

Variants

  • 〜ば〜のだが~ba~nodagaformal

    のだが in place of のに — the written tail, and it trails off in resignation rather than complaining, もうすこ予算よさんがあればいいのだが。

〜ば〜のに

ばのにba noniN3neutral

Formation

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