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** ''ilėnimartui mordhāttųs chlouvānumi bhælė moçi'' - if you flew to Ilėnimarta, you've been in the Chlouvānem lands. | ** ''ilėnimartui mordhāttųs chlouvānumi bhælė moçi'' - if you flew to Ilėnimarta, you've been in the Chlouvānem lands. | ||
* ''Predictive conditional'': statement expressing something that will become true if certain conditions are met. Three tenses are distinguished: | * ''Predictive conditional'': statement expressing something that will become true if certain conditions are met. Three tenses are distinguished: | ||
** Past, if the condition has been met in the past, then the statement either is now true or is about to be true; the if-clause is in hypothetical perfective and the main in indicative present: '' | ** Past, if the condition has been met in the past, then the statement either is now true or is about to be true; the if-clause is in hypothetical perfective and the main in indicative present: ''drāttųssŏvå flundām yųlėmiumьsŏ'' - if you have done it, we [two] go eat. | ||
** Present, if the condition is being fulfilled and the statement will become true in the future; the if-clause is in hypothetical imperfective and the main in indicative future: '' | ** Present, if the condition is being fulfilled and the statement will become true in the future; the if-clause is in hypothetical imperfective and the main in indicative future: ''dratųssŏvå fluniṣṭām yųlėmiumьsŏ'' - if you do it, we [two]'ll go eat. | ||
** Future, if the condition will be met in the future. This is often accurately translated as "when... then..."; the if-clause is in hypothetical perfective and the main in indicative future: '' | ** Future, if the condition will be met in the future. This is often accurately translated as "when... then..."; the if-clause is in hypothetical perfective and the main in indicative future: ''drāttųssŏvå fluniṣṭām yųlėmiumьsŏ'' - when you will have done it, we [two]'ll go eat. | ||
* ''Hypothetical conditional'': hypothetic and often counterfactual statement, distinguishing two tenses: | * ''Hypothetical conditional'': hypothetic and often counterfactual statement, distinguishing two tenses: | ||
** Non-past, typically used for completely unreal statements whose implications would be active in the present or in the future; both clauses are in the hypothetical mood, the if-one in the either aspect and the main in the imperfective, usually divided by ''mārim'' if they're in the same aspect (here meaning "then"): ''rahėlliląs gyatiam mārim dadarasyasusat tṛlirtam'' - if I were a doctor, I would know what's to be done // ''rahėlliląs gyāttiam dadarasyasusat tṛlirtam'' - if I had been a doctor, I would know what's to be done. | ** Non-past, typically used for completely unreal statements whose implications would be active in the present or in the future; both clauses are in the hypothetical mood, the if-one in the either aspect and the main in the imperfective, usually divided by ''mārim'' if they're in the same aspect (here meaning "then"): ''rahėlliląs gyatiam mārim dadarasyasusat tṛlirtam'' - if I were a doctor, I would know what's to be done // ''rahėlliląs gyāttiam dadarasyasusat tṛlirtam'' - if I had been a doctor, I would know what's to be done. | ||