Hand-book of Volapük/Conditional, Conjunctiv and Potential
THE CONDITIONAL AND CONJUNCTIV.
The conditional mood expresses something not as actually occurring, but as what would be, under a certain supposition. The conjunctiv is the mood which expresses this supposition, preceded by if, if.
These two moods are formed by adding to the pätüp or pitüp the endings -öv and -la. The latter is written with a hyphen and the accent remains on the preceding syllable.
THE POTENTIAL.
A form seldom used, but mentioned by Schleyer, has the ending -öx, and the meaning might possibly.
EXERCISE 22.
Älöfoböv mani at, if äbinom-la gudikum. If ägolobs-la vädelo al spatön, äbinosöv saunlik. If ägolols-la adelo al spatön, blinolsös buki nulik, keli äbonedob, de bukatedam. Binosöv gälod gletik obe, getön penedi lonedik de ol. If no äbinos-la so vamik, älöfoböv visitön flenis obsik in zif.
If I should see the teacher to-day I would give him the book which he wishes to see. This book would be useful to you if you should wish to study the French language. If you had seen this man in the garden he would have spoken to you. If you should travel in Europe you would hear many languages.
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