Hypothetical / Imagined Situation
Is it real or imagined?
Signification
A layer for imagined, conditional, wished, unreal, counterfactual, or not-yet-real situations.
Comment le repérer
Ask whether the sentence describes reality or an imagined possible world.
Exemples
if|would|wish|could|imagine
if I were|I wish|would go
If I had time, I would travel more.
Visual guide
REAL frame: what is true IMAGINED frame: IF... if I had time -> I would travel more E12 = possible/wish world
Where can E12 live? word: if / wish modal: would / could tense shift: if I were mood/form: irrealis form context: imagine... same job: not-real frame
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue maternelle
Hypothetical meanings use conditional forms, si-clause tense rules, and subjunctive frames.
Si j’avais le temps, je voyagerais plus.
If I had time, I would travel more.
Dans votre langue d’apprentissage
En anglais, les situations hypothétiques utilisent souvent des formes de passé, des verbes modaux comme would, could ou might, et des structures conditionnelles.
If I had time, I would go.
would go = action envisagée dans une situation hypothétique
Les apprenants confondent souvent les conditions réelles et imaginaires, ou utilisent trop would dans la proposition avec if.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.