Hypothetical / Imagined Situation
Is it real or imagined?
Znaczenie
A layer for imagined, conditional, wished, unreal, counterfactual, or not-yet-real situations.
Jak to rozpoznać
Ask whether the sentence describes reality or an imagined possible world.
Przykłady
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
Widok językowy
W języku ojczystym
Hypotheticals use conditional by forms and often gender-marked past forms.
Gdybym miał czas, poszedłbym.
If-I-would had time, I-would-go.
W języku nauki
English hypothetical meanings use past forms, modal verbs, conditionals, and would/could/might.
If I had time, I would go.
would go = hypothetical situation
Learners often mix real and hypothetical conditionals or overuse would in if-clauses.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.