ABSTRACT
The two main conditional particles of CA are ¶LQ ð·™µLI¶DQGlaw ðj µLIRQO\¶HDFK with a different function. In addition, the particle ¶Lb¢ ›¤™ µZKHQ¶ SDVWRU IXWXUH although technically a temporal aGYHUELDOµDWWKHWLPHRI¶SUHFHGHVDFODXVHRIWHQ containing a conditional sense. Law ðj can be followed by a verb or nominal structure; and ¶LQ ð·™ and ¶Lb¢ ›¤™ are generally, though not exclusively, followed by a verb. The verb in the cond. clause after law ðj and ¶Lb¢ ›¤™ must be in the perf., whilst ¶LQ ð·™ may be followed by the perf. or the apoc. The fundamental functional difference between the two main conditional particles and ¶Lb¢›¤™ is that ¶Lb¢ ›¤™ sentences are generally concerned about the time when the main event or action of
the verb occurs, not its being the consequence of another event. Indefinite
conditional particles (see 8.5) may, like ¶LQ ð·™ conditionals, be followed by either the perf. or the apoc.
