Hypothetical / Imagined Situation
Is it real or imagined?
Significado
A layer for imagined, conditional, wished, unreal, counterfactual, or not-yet-real situations.
Como identificar
Ask whether the sentence describes reality or an imagined possible world.
Exemplos
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
Vista por língua
Na tua língua materna
Hypothetical and counterfactual meanings rely on conditional forms, imperfect subjunctive, and se-clauses.
Se eu tivesse tempo, iria.
If I had time, I would go.
Na tua língua de aprendizagem
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.