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I'm wondering how Japanese tenses work for hypothetical situations that may
happen or could have happened.

More specifically, are the verb tenses in the below sentences correct?

> We probably would not have come this far without his support.
>
> 彼の支援がなかったら、ここまで進んで **なかった** でしょう。
>
> If you don't hurry, you will be late for school.
>
> 急がないと遅刻 **する** よ

I have seen [this
post](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/25951/correct-verb-tenses-
for-if-would-type-sentences) as well, but I'm wondering about present and
future situations as well.
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grammar verbs tense aspect
Verb tenses in hypothetical situations
Yes, you are very correct. **~ないと** is a very common usage for hypothetical
future tense.

I would like to just point out that in your first past tense that the "if" is
actually implied by **なかったら** in the prior phrase, not **なかった** in the second,
like so:

> 彼の支援が **なかったら** 、ここまで進んでなかったでしょう。

and my translation

> **If it were not** for his support, we probably would not have come this
> far.
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