Hypothetical / Imagined Situation
Is it real or imagined?
含义
A layer for imagined, conditional, wished, unreal, counterfactual, or not-yet-real situations.
如何识别
Ask whether the sentence describes reality or an imagined possible world.
示例
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
语言视角
用母语深入讲解
Hypothetical meaning is expressed with conditional words, context, and modals such as 会 rather than subjunctive verb morphology.
如果我是你，我会等。
rúguǒ wǒ shì nǐ, wǒ huì děng = if I were you, I would wait
在所学语言中
英语表达假设、愿望、非现实或反事实情况时，常用过去式形式、情态动词 would/could/might，以及 if 条件句。
If I had time, I would go.
would go 表示“会去”，这里不是事实，而是假设条件下的结果：如果有时间，我就会去。
学习者常把真实条件和假设条件混用，或在 if 从句里误加 would。
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.