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In previous lesson, my teacher gave me this grammar. And there's an example
about it:

```

    どんな人がいれば、結婚しますか? (*)
    
```

Generally , it can be translated as: What kind of person would you marry? But
what makes me confused is:

```

    どんな人と結婚しますか?
    
```

Are there any differences between them? I just can't get enough with the Vば.
Can anyone help me literally explain that (*) ? Also there're also some
similar,such as: `どこへ行けば`,...
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疑問詞(interrogative word) + Vば
I assume you already know the particle ば for condition ("if", "when").

You don't have to think of it as a special construction. To understand the
difference, just imagine what a typical answer for each question would be. It
should be a simple grammatical operation; just replace どんな with something, and
drop か:

  1. どんな人がいれば、結婚しますか?  
→ 優しい人がいれば、結婚します。 If there is a kind person, I will marry him/her.

  2. どんな人と結婚しますか?  
→ 優しい人と結婚します。 I will marry a (certain) kind person.

So in the first question, the questioner doesn't have an assumption whether
the other person will ever marry someone. Or the questioner may be thinking he
is reluctant to marry someone (i.e., "I know you don't to want to marry
anyone, but _if_ you would marry someone, what kind of person she would be?").

On the other hand, in the second question, the questioner already knows the
other person will marry someone in the near future, and is just asking what
kind of person he marries.

Unsurprisingly, regarding どこへいけば, it is used when you expect an answer like
秋葉原へ行けばパソコンが買えます, 京都へ行けばたくさんのお寺が見えます, etc.
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