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66. Auxiliaries *edin/*ezan in hypothetical conditionals’ apodosis (v izan/*edun)

Yellow: variational pattern attested
Blue: variational pattern non-attested

(2) Eguraldi ona egiten balu, etor gintezke

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Euskaltzaindia. 1987. Euskal Gramatika: Lehen Urratsak II. Iruñea: Institución Príncipe de Viana eta Euskaltzaindia. [Reprinted in Euskaltzaindia. 1997]

de Rijk, Rudolf P.G.. 2008. Standard Basque: A progressive grammar. Cambridge (Mass.): MIT Press.

Generalized pattern. In hypothetical conditionals, the verb in the apodosis shows prospective aspect and the auxiliary is either izan ‘be’ or*edun ‘have’.

(1)	Eguraldi	ona	egingo	balu	etorriko	ginateke
	good	weather.ABS	make.PROS	BA.MOD.(3ABS).3ERG	come.PROS	1PL.ABS.be.PST.MOD
	‘If there were good weather, we would come.’

Variational pattern. In some varieties the verb in the apodosis takes the form of the verbal root and the auxiliary is either *edin or *ezan).

(2)	Eguraldi	ona	egiten	balu,	etor	gintezke
	good	weather.ABS	make.IPFV	BA.MOD.(3ABS).3ERG	come	1PL.ABS.edin.PST.MOD
	‘If there were good weather, we would come.’

Chapter: Mood

Keywords: aspect, conditional, mood, prospective, subjunctive

References:

Euskaltzaindia (1987: 381), de Rijk (2008: 423)

Euskaltzaindia. 1987. Euskal Gramatika: Lehen Urratsak II. Iruñea: Institución Príncipe de Viana eta Euskaltzaindia. [Reprinted in Euskaltzaindia. 1997]

de Rijk, Rudolf P.G.. 2008. Standard Basque: A progressive grammar. Cambridge (Mass.): MIT Press.

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