/lRG / लृङ्

The /lRG tense is also called conditional.

use of the lRG

It can be used in sentences like "if we were Chinese we'd speak Chinese", both in the first half (condition) and in the second half (consequence). So it might have been called "consequential" as well.

Examples:

bhU भू + /lRG → **abhaviSyat अभविष्यत्

**akariSyat अकरिष्यत्

This tense is rarely used, because conditions and consequences are most often expressed in other ways, such as with the hard /liG — **bhavet भवेत्, **kuryAt कुर्यात्.

formation of the lRG

Both the /lRT and the /lRG get /sya (by syatAsIlRl...).

And both the /laG and the /lRG attach /aT to the root and use secondary endings.

So the /lRT gets /sya and ti ति —

**kariSya- करिष्यॱ + /tip → **kariSyati करिष्यति "will do"

and the /laG gets /aT and t त् —

kR कृ + /laG /tip → **akarot अकरोत् "did"

and the /lRG gets /sya and /aT and t त् —

kR कृ + /tip → **akariSyat अकरिष्यत् "would do"

Details —

**akariSya- अकरिष्यॱ + /tip
→ akariSya- अकरिष्यॱ + /t''' by itazca
→ !**akariSyat अकरिष्यत् "would do"

**abhaviSya- अभविष्यॱ + /tip → **abhaviSyat अभविष्यत् "would be"

**adhyaiSya- अध्यैष्यॱ + /lRG /ta → **adhyaiSyata अध्यैष्यत "he would study"

**adhyaiSya- अध्यैष्यॱ + /lRG /jha → !**adhyaiSyanta अध्यैष्यन्त "they would study"

This is easy to tell apart from the /luG because the /luG does not have Sya ष्य —

**adhyaiS- अध्यैष् + /luG /ta → **adhyaiSTa अध्यैष्ट "he studied"

**adhyaiS- अध्यैष् + /luG /jha → **adhyaiSata अध्यैषत "they studied"