> {ti'e} "I hear that..." a marker for unverifiable hearsay > {da'i} "supposing..." a marker for counterfactuals

Isn't there a language spoken in Africa with a similar concept? I remember vaguely that there was a minor scandal some years ago because a politician said something like "Unfortunately, we couldn't finish the project in time" and the translator used the wrong form, so it sounded like they never intended to do so.