B2

Habitual Subjunctive and Contrafactual

عادی تمنائی اور خلاف واقعہ

About this concept

Using subjunctive for habitual hypotheticals: جو بھی آئے (whoever comes). Contrafactual with past habitual: اگر میں ہوتا تو (if I were...). Distinguishing real conditions from unreal/counterfactual ones.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level B2.

Examples

جو بھی آئے، اسے اندر بھیج دو۔Whoever comes, send them in.
اگر میں وزیر اعظم ہوتا تو...If I were the Prime Minister...
چاہے جو بھی ہو، ہم تیار ہیں۔Whatever happens, we are ready.
کاش ایسا نہ ہوتا۔I wish this hadn't happened.

Prerequisite

Conditional SentencesB1

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