Verbs in the conditional desirable mood express possible but unreal actions. This mood can be translated into English with the present tense, the past subjunctive tense, or the past indefinite tense. It is used in subordinate clauses of condition.
A verb in the conditional desirable mood has two forms: imperfective and perfective. The imperfective form is the same as the potential participle. (See Potential Participle.)
For example:
کَه زٌه تٌه وای ، زٌه بٌه کابُل تَه وْلاړ وای
"If I were you, I would go to Kabul."
The perfective form is a combination of the potential participle and the potential participle of the verb "to be" - [wāy] وای .
For example:
"I would read a book." - ما بٌه کِتاب لْوَسْتٌلای وای .
Negative forms are produced by adding the negative particle "not" - نَه before a potential participle or between two verbs in the perfective form:
"I would not read a book." - ما بٌه کِتاب لْوَسْتٌلای نَه وای
or ما بٌه کِتاب نَه وای لْوَسْتٌلای
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