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:''If it rains [lit. if it will rain] the grass will be wet.'' | :''If it rains [lit. if it will rain] the grass will be wet.'' | ||
:'''''Tahd a criht fiar, criht naw.'' (or '''''Tahd iañt criht fiar, criht naw.''''') | :'''''Tahd a criht fiar, criht naw.''''' (or '''''Tahd iañt criht fiar, criht naw.''''') | ||
:whither SPEC go.FUT 2SG, go.FUT 1SG | :whither SPEC go.FUT 2SG, go.FUT 1SG | ||
:''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. | Time clauses (when, while, before, after) work similarly to non-counterfactual conditional clauses. | ||
====Counterfactual conditionals==== | ====Counterfactual conditionals==== | ||
Counterfactual suppositions use a different conjunction ''gab'', 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: | ||