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===Conditional clauses===
===Conditional clauses===
====Generally true conditionals====
Conditional clauses that express a general truth use ''i'' + a verb in the present tense in the protasis. The form of ''i'' used with copular sentences with a zero copula is ''il''.
Conditional clauses that express a general truth use ''i'' + a verb in the present tense in the protasis. The form of ''i'' used with copular sentences with a zero copula is ''il''.
:'''''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 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...')
Also found in literary contexts with the same meaning: ''Tøøhor a barah, ...'' lit. 'Let it rain...'
 
====Future conditionals====
Clauses describing something conditional on a possible future event use ''i'' + future tense:
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.'''''  
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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 conditionals====
Counterfactual suppositions use a different conjunction ''gob'', plus the 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.'''''
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