健康かどうかは顔を見ればわかります。
- You can tell whether someone is healthy just by looking at their face.
This Japanese sentence "健康かどうかは顔を見ればわかります。" means "You can tell whether someone is healthy just by looking at their face." in English. It is an N3 Mid-level example sentence.
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健康かどうかは顔を見ればわかります。 meaning: You can tell if someone is healthy by looking at their face.
⚫︎This pattern means whether or not in English. ⚫︎It is used to embed a question into a larger sentence. ⚫︎In this sentence, the na-adjective 健康 (healthy) is followed by かどうか to mean whether healthy or not.
⚫︎The particle は marks the topic of the sentence. ⚫︎健康かどうかは establishes whether someone is healthy or not as the main theme being discussed. ⚫︎It highlights the subject that the upcoming verb relates to.
⚫︎The conditional form ～ば corresponds to if in English. ⚫︎It is formed by changing the final う sound of a verb to an え sound and adding ば. ⚫︎The verb 見る (to look) becomes 見れば (if you look). ⚫︎It expresses a natural consequence or condition.
⚫︎The verb わかる means to understand or to be able to tell. ⚫︎In this context, combined with observation, it means to know or can tell. ⚫︎It concludes the sentence as the main predicate.
⚫︎This sentence connects a conditional clause with a main clause. ⚫︎The structure follows the pattern [Condition] + ば + [Result/Conclusion]. ⚫︎顔を見ればわかります means if you look at the face, you will understand/know.