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〜てよかった

I'm glad that (something happened)machine translation

FormationVerb て-form + よかった

〜てよかった expresses relief or gladness that something happened or that you did something: 予約しておいてよかった (I'm glad I reserved a spot in advance). In Vietnamese it corresponds to "may mà…" ("good thing that…") and "thật tốt vì đã…" ("it's really good that…").

The negative form is 〜なくてよかった: glad that something did NOT happen — 雨が降らなくてよかった (I'm glad it didn't rain).

Don't confuse it with 〜ばよかった (covered in the conditionals section): 〜てよかった is being glad something DID happen, while 〜ばよかった is regret that something didn't happen — 行ってよかった (I'm glad I went) is the exact opposite of 行けばよかった (I wish I had gone).

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