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(If you are fooling around like that, you will fail the examination.)
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(If he comes he will get in our way.)
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(If I'm forced to work like this, I will end up by becoming ill.)
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Z Lh1=gi3E$& < Tii, 8%SLd."fi;i1:k!b:&f ;trlLb>,
(Because the room is messy like this, I feel ashamed when I have a
guest.)
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(If everybody is individualistic, a country cannot get along well.)
z/vac::jF'~< -cia, kji%k&&a~,
(When one is this busy, one cannot read even the newspaper.)
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(If a woman like her is his date, he must feel intimidated.)

1. The conjunction te wa is used to connect an action or state presented as -
-
a topic and a negative comment. The information of the te wa clause is =
'Ti
shared information and often includes the demonstrative adjective ko-, b
so-, a-, as shown in KS, Exs.(a) - (d), (f) and (g).
2. te wa is etymologically Vte + wa (topic marker), but it is used like a
conjunction.

3. Vte wa ikenai, a phrase which indicates prohibition, is a special case of
the te wa construction. (+ - wa ikenai (DBJG: 528))