仮か定てい法ほう過か去こ

noun

subjunctive past

Linguistics term for the past subjunctive mood in grammar, often used in conditional or hypothetical expressions.

• 英えい語ごの仮か定てい法ほう過か去こは、現げん在ざいの事じ実じつに反はんする仮か定ていを表あらわす。

  The English subjunctive past expresses a hypothesis contrary to present fact.