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► 副助詞
たら  [(1)たら]  [と言ったら]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  frustrate  rank: 2
☆ もうあの子ったらどうしようもないんだから ⇨ Oh god my son is really handful
☆ 彼ったらだらしないんだから ⇨ Oh god he is so untidy

たら  [(1)たら]  [と言ったら]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  emphasize  rank: 3
☆ あいつが昇進するなんて馬鹿らしいったらない ⇨ It is nothing but ridiculous that an idiot like him gets promoted
☆ あそこのラーメン美味しいったらないんだ ⇨ There’s no other way to describe their ramen other than delicious

► 終助詞
たら  [(1)たら]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  how about  rank: 1
☆ にはっきり言ってみたら? ⇨ Why don’t you tell him straight?
☆ いてみたら? ⇨ Why don’t you ask him?

たら  [(1)たら]  [と言ったら]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  indirect speech  rank: 2
☆ うるさいったら! ⇨ I said you were making too much noise!  (☛ Repeat one’s previous command or complaint)
☆ くしろったら! ⇨ I said hurry up!  (☛ Repeat one’s previous command or complaint)
☆ 駄目だったら! ⇨ I said no!  (☛ Repeat one’s previous command or complaint)

► 助動詞
  [た]  [たら]  [coll]    meaning:  if  rank: 1
☆ そんなに悲観的になったら駄目だ ⇨ It is not OK if you become that pessimistic. You shouldn’t be that pessimistic  (☛ 仮定形)
☆ 何度言ったらかるんだ? ⇨ After how many times I tell you will you finally understand? How many times do I have to tell you?  (☛ 仮定形)
☆ 会ったらえておくよ ⇨ If I see him I will tell him  (☛ 仮定形)
☆ 彼女のものだったらどんなにいだろう ⇨ How great it would be if she was mine  (☛ 仮定形. Compared with ”なら”, there is a connotation that it is highly unlikely that she will ever be mine)
☆ そんなに彼女のことをしているんだったら、どうして浮気なんかするんだ? ⇨ If you love her that much, why do you have an affair?  (☛ 仮定形. Compared with ”なら”, there is a connotation that the speaker doesn’t believe he really loves her)

  [た]  [たら]    meaning:  when  rank: 1
☆ 何度練習したら出来るようになった ⇨ I had practiced many times and I learned how to do it  (☛ 仮定形. When I had done something, then …)
☆ 飲んだらずっと気分くなった ⇨ I’ve taken the medicine and now I feel a lot better  (☛ 仮定形. When I had done something, then …)
☆ かったら連絡します ⇨ When I will have found out something, when I find out something, I will let you know  (☛ 仮定形. When you will have done something, then …)
☆ わったら帰ってもいいですよ ⇨ When you will have finished, you are done, you can leave  (☛ 仮定形. When you will have done something, then …)