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:''Wherever you go, I will go.'' | :''Wherever you go, I will go.'' | ||
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 suppositions use a different conjunction ''gob'' | 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.''''' | ||
:if_counterfactual go_down SPEC rain be.COND wet SPEC grass | :if_counterfactual go_down SPEC rain be.COND wet SPEC grass | ||