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لَو

Unreal conditions - لو

Hypothetical and impossible conditions with لو

"لَو" is the other half of the conditional system, and it is the one for things that are not going to happen. If I were rich. If you had told me. If I were you.

Both halves of a "لَو" sentence go in the past tense, and the second half normally takes "كان" in front of it. That "كان" is what carries the "would".

Keywords

  • functional
  • verb

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