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===Conditional clauses=== | ===Conditional clauses=== | ||
Generally true | Generally true conditional clauses use ''i'' + a verb in the present tense in the protasis: | ||
:'''''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 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...') | |||
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.''''' | ||
:if go_down-FUT SPEC rain be.FUT wet SPEC grass | |||
:''If it rains [lit. if it will rain] the grass will be wet.'' | :''If it rains [lit. if it will rain] the grass will be wet.'' | ||
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:''Wherever you go, I will go.'' | :''Wherever you go, I will go.'' | ||
Counterfactual | Time clauses (when, while, before, after) work similarly to non-counterfactual conditional clauses that use ''i''. | ||
Counterfactual suppositions use a different conjunction ''gob'' + 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.''''' | ||
:if_counterfactual go_down SPEC rain be.COND wet SPEC grass | |||
:Had it rained, the grass would have been wet. | :Had it rained, the grass would have been wet. | ||
===Method clauses=== | ===Method clauses=== | ||