LessonsRestricting the Verb: Objects, Complements and Conditional ClausesQuiz

In “If it rains, the ground will be wet,” the first clause identifies the antecedent and the second the consequent. Failure of the antecedent to occur at a particular moment does not turn the utterance into a report that both events occurred.

Similarly, «إِنْ جِئْتَنِي أَكْرَمْتُكَ» does not assert that both arrival and honoring are already facts. Its communicative content is their conditional relation.

This distinction prepares the more technical treatment of conditional particles, jussive forms, and the various types of consequence clause.

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Restricting the Verb: Objects, Complements and Conditional Clauses

In “If it rains, the ground will be wet,” the first clause identifies the antecedent and the second the consequent. Failure of the antecedent to occur at a particular moment does not turn the utterance into a report that both events occurred.

Similarly, «إِنْ جِئْتَنِي أَكْرَمْتُكَ» does not assert that both arrival and honoring are already facts. Its communicative content is their conditional relation.

This distinction prepares the more technical treatment of conditional particles, jussive forms, and the various types of consequence clause.