The protasis has εἰ with the imperfect, aorist, or pluperfect indicative; the apodosis has ἄν with these past tenses. The protasis and apodosis may have different tenses. Unreal conditions are either particular or general.
Topic · from the English index · as printed
Particular
article, the
§§1119–1121THE PARTICULAR ARTICLE
conditions
§§2293–2298According to Particular or General Conditions
§2303Second Form of Conditions: PRESENT AND PAST UNREAL CONDITIONS
§2321FUTURE CONDITIONS
Future conditions set forth suppositions the fulfilment of which is still undecided. There are two main forms of future conditions:
More Vivid Future conditions.
Less Vivid Future conditions.
A variety of the first class is the Emotional Future (2328).
Future conditions may be particular or general (2293, 2294).