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Clauses introduced with **se** ' | Clauses introduced with **se** ' | ||
- | **Mi ba go, se mi habe tem.** – I would go if I had the time.\\ | + | **Mi ba go, se mi ha tem.** – I would go if I had the time.\\ |
- | **Se mi habe tem, mi ba go.** – If I had the time, (then) I would go. | + | **Se mi ha tem, mi ba go.** – If I had the time, (then) I would go. |
The mood marker **ba** ' | The mood marker **ba** ' | ||
- | **Se ta xuan xi kat, ya ba [catch] | + | **Se ta xvan xi kat, ya ba pakar mas [mouse].** – If that dog were a cat, it would catch more mice. |
If one is more confident about a hypothetical situation becoming real, on can use **ga** in the main clause; optionally it can also be used in the **se** clause, but again this is not necessary, since the clause itself implies that the situation is not (yet) real. | If one is more confident about a hypothetical situation becoming real, on can use **ga** in the main clause; optionally it can also be used in the **se** clause, but again this is not necessary, since the clause itself implies that the situation is not (yet) real. | ||
- | **Mi ga go, se mi (ga) habe tem.** – I will go if I have the time. | + | **Mi ga go, se mi (ga) ha tem.** – I will go if I have the time. |
When talking about counterfactuals – hypothetical situations that lie in the past and hence no longer can become true – **li ba** 'would have' is used in the main clause. In the **se** clause, it is often shortened to **li**, since the unreality expressed by **ba** is already implied. But if you want to use **li ba** instead, that's fine too. | When talking about counterfactuals – hypothetical situations that lie in the past and hence no longer can become true – **li ba** 'would have' is used in the main clause. In the **se** clause, it is often shortened to **li**, since the unreality expressed by **ba** is already implied. But if you want to use **li ba** instead, that's fine too. | ||
- | **Se [taxi] li (ba) [arrive on time], nas li ba no [miss flight].** – If the taxi had arrived on time, we would not have missed our flight. | + | **Se [taxi] li (ba) tiba ni tem, nas no li ba [miss] |
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