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:if precipitate-FUT rain be.FUT wet SPEC grass | :if precipitate-FUT 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.'' | ||
Time clauses (when, while, before, after) work similarly to non-counterfactual conditional clauses. | |||
:'''''Tahd a criht fiar, criht naw.''''' (or '''''Tahd iañt criht fiar, criht naw.''''', using ''iañt'' 'also') | :'''''Tahd a criht fiar, criht naw.''''' (or '''''Tahd iañt criht fiar, criht naw.''''', using ''iañt'' 'also') | ||
:whither SPEC go.FUT 2SG, go.FUT 1SG | :whither SPEC go.FUT 2SG, go.FUT 1SG | ||
:''Wherever you go, I will go.'' | :''Wherever you go, I will go.'' | ||
====Counterfactual conditionals==== | ====Counterfactual conditionals==== | ||