2.3.4. Aspect/Mood/Evidentiality marking on the copula/verb(-like) form
Mood is always marked on the copula. The examples illustrate an indicative and a conditional form in a conditional clause.
Ha | János | a | kert-ben | van/len-ne... |
if | John | the | garden-INE | be.3SG/be.COND.3SG |
’If John is/were in the garden…’
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