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toru --aEiou--> tore --joshi--> toreba.

Is the ba-joshi the only suffix that can be added to the kateikei form of the
verb?
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Is the 仮定形 used only to make the conditional?
In modern Japanese, 仮定形 is used almost exclusively to make a conditional. The
definition in a Japanese dictionary 大辞林 suggests that 仮定形 is alway followed by
“ば”.

One apparent exception is “すれども” but this is 已然形 + “ども”. 已然形 is used in
classical Japanese and means that something has been done. 已然形 is an ancestor
of 仮定形 but their meaning is different.
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