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===Latin=== {{main|Latin conditional clauses}} Conditional sentences in [[Latin]] are traditionally classified into three categories, based on grammatical structure. *simple conditions (factual or logical implications) **present tense [if ''present indicative'' then ''indicative''] :::{{lang|la|sī valēs, gaudeo}} "if you are well, I am glad" :*past tense [if ''perfect indicative'' then ''indicative''] :::{{lang|la|sī peccāvī, īnsciēns fēcī}} "if I did wrong, I did so unwittingly" :*2nd person generalisations [if ''present or perfect subjunctive'' then ''indicative''] :::{{lang|la|memoria minuitur, nisi eam exerceās}} "memory gets weaker, if you don't exercise it" *future conditions **"future more vivid" [if ''future or future perfect indicative'' then ''future indicative''] :::{{lang|la|haec sī attulerīs, cēnābis bene}} "if you bring (literally "will have brought") these things, you will dine well" :*"future less vivid" [if ''present or perfect subjunctive'' then ''present subjunctive''] :::{{lang|la|sī negem, mentiar}} "if I were to deny it, I would be lying" *counterfactual conditions **"present contrary-to-fact" [if ''imperfect subjunctive'' then ''imperfect subjunctive''] :::{{lang|la|scrīberem plūra, sī Rōmae essēs}} "I would write more, if you were in Rome" :*"past contrary-to-fact" [if ''pluperfect subjunctive'' then ''pluperfect subjunctive''] :::{{lang|la|sī Rōmae fuissem, tē vīdissem}} "if I had been in Rome, I would have seen you"
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