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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 conditionals==== | ||
Counterfactual suppositions use a different conjunction '' | Counterfactual suppositions use a different conjunction ''gab'', plus the present tense, and the apodosis uses a verb in the conditional tense: | ||
:''''' | :'''''Gab 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 | ||
: | :If it rained, the grass would be wet. | ||
===Method clauses=== | ===Method clauses=== |
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