Unreal Verbs
Let's say that you want to communicate something
that you hope might happen
or that you need to happen.
That would be an example of when to use this form of a verb because
our conjugation has to account for the fact that it isn't happening, did not happen and we don't know if it would or will happen.
That's what makes it unreal.
The conjugation rule is not that difficult. What we want to do is think first about what type of verb we are looking at. AR, ER or IR.
For this excercise we will put ER and IR verbs into the same category and leave AR verbs in their own category.
When dealing with Unreal Verbs, just choose the opposite of the ending you would normally choose.
Meaning if the verb is an AR verb, use an ER style ending. If the verb
is an ER or IR verb, use the
AR style ending.
Let's take a look at some examples
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