Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Бороо орвол, гэртээ байна.
If it rains, I stay home.
Чи ирвэл, бид хамт явна.
If you come, we'll go together.
Мөнгөтэй бол, авна.
If (I) have money, (I) will buy it.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Нөхцөлт өгүүлбэр (if-clause): үйл үгийн язгуурт -вал/-бал/-вол/-бол/-вэл/-бэл/-вөл/-бөл залгана.
Бороо орвол, гэртээ байна. (If it rains, I stay home.) Эхний хэсэг нь нөхцөл, хоёрдугаар хэсэг нь үр дагавар.
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesUsing wrong vowel variant of conditional suffix
Putting main clause before condition clause
Бороо орвол, гэртээ байна.
If it rains, I stay home.
Ор- (to rain/enter) + -вол = condition. Main clause follows.
Чи ирвэл, бид хамт явна.
If you come, we'll go together.
Ир- (come) + -вэл (front vowel harmony conditional). Note vowel change.
Мөнгөтэй бол, авна.
If (I) have money, (I) will buy it.
Бол can also stand alone as 'if' after nouns/adjectives: мөнгөтэй бол.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises