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===Conditional clauses=== | ===Conditional clauses=== | ||
====Generally true conditionals==== | |||
Conditional clauses that express a general truth use ''i'' + a verb in the present tense in the protasis. The form of ''i'' used with copular sentences with a zero copula is ''il''. | Conditional clauses that express a general truth use ''i'' + a verb in the present tense in the protasis. The form of ''i'' used with copular sentences with a zero copula is ''il''. | ||
:'''''I tøøh a ñwi, (coþ) gias a cnoo.''''' | :'''''I tøøh a ñwi, (coþ) gias a cnoo.''''' | ||
:if go_down SPEC rain (then) wet SPEC grass | :if go_down SPEC rain (then) wet SPEC grass | ||
:''If it rains, (then) the grass is wet.'' | :''If it rains, (then) the grass is wet.'' | ||
Also found in literary contexts with the same meaning: ''Tøøhor a barah, ...'' lit. 'Let it rain...' | |||
====Future conditionals==== | |||
Clauses describing something conditional on a possible future event use ''i'' + future tense: | Clauses describing something conditional on a possible future event use ''i'' + future tense: | ||
:'''''I tøøht a ñwi, faht gias a cnoo.''''' | :'''''I tøøht a ñwi, faht gias a cnoo.''''' | ||
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Time clauses (when, while, before, after) work similarly to non-counterfactual conditional clauses. | Time clauses (when, while, before, after) work similarly to non-counterfactual conditional clauses. | ||
====Counterfactual conditionals==== | |||
Counterfactual suppositions use a different conjunction ''gob'', plus the present tense, and the apodosis uses a verb in the conditional tense: | Counterfactual suppositions use a different conjunction ''gob'', plus the present tense, and the apodosis uses a verb in the conditional tense: | ||
:'''''Gob tøøh a ñwi, liað gias a cnoo.''''' | :'''''Gob tøøh a ñwi, liað gias a cnoo.''''' | ||