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English
Noun
irrealis mood (plural irrealis moods)
- (grammar) A category of grammatical moods that indicate that a certain situation or action is not known to happen, or have happened, as the speaker is talking.
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- admirative, admirative mood
- conditional, conditional mood
- dubitative, dubitative mood
- subjunctive, subjunctive mood
- hypothetical, hypothetical mood
- potential, potential mood
- presumptive, presumptive mood
- optative, optative mood
- jussive, jussive mood
- imperative, imperative mood