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Con. Pret. ro& b]&if>, if I had Neg. tt)ut)A,
been, fyc. if I had not
been, fyc.
Future. n)^\)]^n),iflshall Neg. TDUIM jtAbAb,
be, fyc. if I shall not
be, fyc.
Tt)A b]&|tt) AT) f"|T)
A ft)UT)A TT)-b6l&Ab,
t)-Ari), if I shall if I shall not
be there in time.
be.
This is called a conditional mood, by some grammarians.
2t)ut)A b'6, or tDurjA tD-be^c 30 ftAjb tt)&, i.e.
if it were not that I was, but this is a phrase, not a
tense of this Verb.
OPTATIVE MOOD.
Singular.
Plural.
1 30 ti^bA&, (go rov-addh) 30 fiAbn7Ai&, (g *ovmay
I be,
2 50 jiAbAifi, (go rov-ir)
mayest thou be,
3 30 jtAib f, (go rov shay)
may he be,
Negative
t)&|t jtAbto
POTENTIAL MOOD.
muiddh) may we be.
50 jiAbcAO^b, (go rovhee)
may ye be.
30 jtAbA]b, (go roviddh)
may they be.
be, &c.
Singular.
Plural.
inn) / would be,
muish) we would be.
2 beic&, (veh-ha) you would be^qbe, (veh-ee-e) ye
be,
would be.
3 bfe]&A& f6, (vay-oo shay) b&i6eA6bfj*, (vay-oohe
would be. ddheesh) they would
be.
Conditional b& m-b&tbji), if I would be, or should
I be. It is also used for, if I were, or had been, as
&A rn-b6i8if)ri AT) rifl, #0^ / Jeew there> or should
have been there. 2t)ut)A m-b^|&^T3,
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