irrealis

/ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/
adj 1noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.

noun

1

An irrealis construct.

[…] then it would make sense to view Australian past irrealises as TAM forms combining a modal stative predicate (conveying e.g. a capacity, expectation, or desire state) with a past imperfective content.

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