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* ''Factual conditional'': statement expressing an implication; the if-clause is in hypothetical imperfective, the main in indicative present. If the action took place in the past, then the if-clause is in hypothetical perfective and the main in indicative past: | * ''Factual conditional'': statement expressing an implication; the if-clause is in hypothetical imperfective, the main in indicative present. If the action took place in the past, then the if-clause is in hypothetical perfective and the main in indicative past: | ||
** ''yālvoe nakitatṛ tæyālvė'' - if you put sugar [in it], [it] becomes sweet. | ** ''yālvoe nakitatṛ tæyālvė'' - if you put sugar [in it], [it] becomes sweet. | ||
** '' | ** ''ilėnimartom 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: ''drāttųssŏvå flundām yųlėmiumьsŏ'' - if you have done it, we [two] go eat. | ** 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. | ||