لَوْ تَأْتِينِي فَتُحَدِّثَنِي
If only you came and spoke with me.
The subjunctive in fa-tuḥaddithanī is commonly explained by an implied an after the causative fāʾ, because the clause answers a wish. The rule does not transfer indiscriminately to every conditional law.
Comparative review
ParticleTypical rhetorical use
ليتPrimary marker of wishing
هلInterrogation used as a wish
لوConditional form used for wishing
هلّاExhortation or past reproach
لولاExhortation or reproach
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Inshāʾ and Tamannī: Requests, Wishing, Exhortation, and Reproach
لَوْ تَأْتِينِي فَتُحَدِّثَنِي
If only you came and spoke with me.
The subjunctive in fa-tuḥaddithanī is commonly explained by an implied an after the causative fāʾ, because the clause answers a wish. The rule does not transfer indiscriminately to every conditional law.
Comparative review
ParticleTypical rhetorical use
ليتPrimary marker of wishing
هلInterrogation used as a wish
لوConditional form used for wishing
هلّاExhortation or past reproach
لولاExhortation or reproach