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===Conditional clauses===
===Conditional clauses===
Generally true statement:
Generally true statement:
:'''''I tøøh a ñwi, (coþ) gias a cnoo.''''' [also found in high register: ''Tøøhor a barah, ...'' lit. 'Let it rain...']
:'''''I tøøh a ñwi, (coþ) gias a cnoo.'''''  
:''If it rains, (then) the grass is wet.''
:''If it rains, (then) the grass is wet.''


Conditional on a possible future event:
Conditional on a possible future event:
:'''''I tøøht a ñwi, faht gias a cnoo.'''''
:'''''I tøøht a ñwi, faht gias a cnoo.''''' [also found: ''Tøøhor a barah, ...'' lit. 'Let it rain...']
:''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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