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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 that use ''i''.
Time clauses (when, while, before, after) work similarly to non-counterfactual conditional clauses.


Counterfactual suppositions use a different conjunction ''gob'' + present tense, and the apodosis uses a verb in the conditional tense:
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
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