80586
A recent episode of _Re: Zero_ is titled _地獄なら知っている_ , when I watched the
preview I could not understand exactly what it meant but when I finally saw
the translation, they translated it as "I know hell" but the literal
translation is as far as I know: "If hell, I know". Furthermore, in the
context of the episode, the main character says the phrase "地獄なら知っている" in
order to indicate that he has been through hell/knows what suffering is.

How does the なら particle work in this scenario?

Thanks
CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-09-10T14:12:14.360
80585
2020-09-10T15:12:10.217
40270
question
grammar particles
How does the なら particle work in the sentence [地獄なら知っている]?
> 地獄なら知っている

is just saying, "if it's hell, I know it".

なら is one of a number of ways Japanese has to express the English notion of
"if" and conditionals.
CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-09-10T15:12:10.217
80586
2020-09-10T15:12:10.217
4875
80585
answer