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 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 ''gab'', plus the present tense, and the apodosis uses a verb in the conditional tense:
-:'''''Gob tøøh a ñwi, liað gias a cnoo.'''''
+:'''''Gab tøøh a ñwi, liað gias a cnoo.'''''
 :if_counterfactual go_down SPEC rain be.COND wet SPEC grass
-:Had it rained, the grass would have been wet.
+:If it rained, the grass would be wet.
 ===Method clauses===