What's the difference between ては and では？
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Both have the same meaning.
Use ては when preceded by verbs and adjectives;
Use では when preceded by nouns and adjectives(V).
→What are adjectives and what are adjectives(V)?
① express the condition
if ... then..
- 亲がそんなに厳しくては、子どもがかわいそうだ。If the parents are so strict, the children will be very pitiful.
- そんなにテレビばかり见ていては、目に悪いよ。If you keep watching TV, it’s not good for your eyes
- こんな给料では谁も働いてくれない。If the salary is so low, no one wants to do it.
- こんなに簡単ではみんな高得点を取ってしまう.If (the question) is so simple, everyone can get a high score.
② means repeated actions
V-ては: means repeating the same action
- 60歳の彼は50キロマラソンの後半を、走っては休む状態だったが、最後まであきらめずにゴールした。At the age of 60, he ran and stopped in the second half of the 50-kilometer marathon, but he never gave up until he finally reached the finish line.
- 手紙の内容がショックだったのか、彼女は読んではため息をついていた。Perhaps because the content of the letter was so shocking, she sighed every time she read a line.
- 今日はぜんぜん集中できない。仕事をしては休憩するという有様(ありさま)だ。I can't concentrate at all today, and I have to take a break after work.
- 転んでは起き,起きては転び。Fall and get up, get up and fall.
③ Shows the continuation of the established conditions, meaningless, no translation
- 体の健康を保つために鍛えなくてはだめだ。For the sake of health, you can't do without exercise.
- 計器は磁気的な原理で動作するので、強い磁界の近くにもっていてはならない。Because the meter works according to the principle of magnetism, it cannot be brought near a strong magnetic field.
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