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I've been working for the better part of today and last night on wrapping my head around conditionals and the subjunctive tense for Helfametl.
I'm wondering how each of you address the subjunctive and conditionals in your language-- Do you have a separate tense for each? Do you use aspect or mood? Syntax? How do you differentiate between factual and hypothetical situations?
I think I've finally settled on two subjunctive tenses and two conditional tenses, that have 8 different possible combinations - each with its own nuance; plus a conditional particle or two. These will cover "I hope --", "I wish --", "I might --", "I could --", "If I were to -- ", "If I --", "I would --" and a couple other nuances.
I'm still not sure how to cover "I ought to --" or "I should --".
Any suggestions?
I'm wondering how each of you address the subjunctive and conditionals in your language-- Do you have a separate tense for each? Do you use aspect or mood? Syntax? How do you differentiate between factual and hypothetical situations?
I think I've finally settled on two subjunctive tenses and two conditional tenses, that have 8 different possible combinations - each with its own nuance; plus a conditional particle or two. These will cover "I hope --", "I wish --", "I might --", "I could --", "If I were to -- ", "If I --", "I would --" and a couple other nuances.
I'm still not sure how to cover "I ought to --" or "I should --".
Any suggestions?
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I haven't really addressed whether Hra'anh has a subjunctive or not, but for should, would, could, etc., I've decided on suffixes. The only one I currently have is -lak, which translates to "should". But I'm going to work on the other conditionals over the weekend. I'm going to be listening with iteration to the Conlangery podcast episodes on Tense, Aspect and Mood.