Hand-book of Volapük/18

= 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 p&auml;t&uuml;p or pit&uuml;p the endings -&ouml;v and -la. The latter is written with a hyphen and the accent remains on the preceding syllable.

If &auml;binob-la liegik, &auml;binob&ouml;v givik, if I were rich I would be generous.

Ibinom&ouml;v givik, if ibinom-la liegik, he would have been generous if he had been rich.

THE POTENTIAL
A form seldom used, but mentioned by Schleyer, has the ending -&ouml;x, and the meaning might possibly.

Pelom&ouml;x, he might possibly pay.