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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 ''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
: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===
===Method clauses===
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