onvoltooid verleden toekomende tijd

Dutch

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onvoltooid verleden toekomende tijd m (uncountable)

(grammar) present conditional

Usage notes

Literally, ‘simple past future tense’, this modal construction is used as a present conditional, but the modal uses the past tense of zullen (the future modal) in the indicative mood instead of the conditional mood. Formally speaking, Dutch has no separate conditional mood.

Abbreviations

O.V.Tk.T., o.v.t.t.

Synonyms

conditionalis presens, futurum praeteriti

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