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Conlangery #18: Mood

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Is the Optative Used to Indicate Controversial Conditions?

In greek conditional forms are indicated by a combination of mood and modal particles in both the if clause and then clause. Some people Indicate controversial Conditions not with a different mood, but they use an entirely different word for if. In indo european languages the optative can be used to indicate something that you want But it is far far more likely to be used as a subjunctive in the past ah Okay That's one of those messy things that occurs Is right because in ancient greek The verb system is primarily about aspectThe only time Your two past tenses mean a past is in the indicative in all other moods including the imperative They are simply aspects.

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