- yokereba yonde kudasai
よければ読んでください
If you'd like, please read [it]. - Please read if you'd like.
It's basically synonymous with yokattara よかったら, the only difference being that yokereba is more polite.[「よければ」と「よかったら」の違いについて - detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp, 2019-02-13]
Grammatically, yokereba is the ba-form of yoi よい.
Examples
For reference, some examples of yokereba in Japanese:- yokereba renraku kudasai
良ければ連絡ください
Please contact [me] if you'd like. - yokereba goran kudasai
良ければご覧ください
Please look if you'd like. - yokereba oshiete kudasai
よければ教えてください
Please teach [me] if you'd like. - yokereba tsukatte kudasai
よければ使ってください
Please use [it] if you'd like.
Synonyms
Note that, besides yokattara, there are other words that are synonymous with yokereba:- yoroshikattara
よろしかったら
(tara-form of yoroshii よろしい) - yoroshikereba
よろしければ
(ba-form of yoroshii)
These would be more polite than yokereba, which is more polite than yokattara.
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