ḷaḷ is used with the imperfect only.
ḷaḷ + imperfect + imperfect in the main clause, referring to the present/future:
ˁö́mor hes kéľľama tegózim ḷaḷ tefáḷaḥ šɔm eẓ̂áḷaˁ heš ‘He said: “If when the sun rises, you give me an oath, I will tell you”’ (CSOL II 4:20)
ḷaḷ + imperfect + perfect in the main clause, referring to the present:
ḷaḷ yekέˀɛ ḥéyhe ḥŝey tentézi ˁey wa-bíŝi di-yenáfaˁ šey íľyhe neféˀḥéten ‘When somebody is alone, he has nobody to help him or to get his jobs done’ (CSOL II 13:12)
ḷaḷ + imperfect + verbless clause referring to the present:
ḥéyhe bɛr ḥóriš ḷaḷ yíron šfɔ́niŝ wáľľa nóyher wáľľa ḥéyhe ḷe-ḥa be-ḥaḷf yeˁúmor hes mɛníyyo wa-mɛníyyo diyáˁ aḷ-škéro ḷaḷ nihámaˁ ṭad yíron mɛníyyo naˁámer toˀk diyáˁ ‘When a human being insults an animal, or a bird, or another person wherever he may be, we call it mɛníyyo (insult). An insult is a bad thing, not a good one, and when we hear somebody to give insult, we say to him: “Stop this bad thing!”’ (CSOL II 15:16bis)
ḷaḷ + imperfect + perfect in the main clause, referring to the past:
fɔ́ne díˀyho be-šebóbe ḷaḷ téken ẓ̂ayέfɛ wa-neḳáḷem aḷ-ˀémtoḷ ľinhór ḥe wa-ˁad náˁa ke šeˁáyen bíŝi di-yaˀáraḥ ḥe ‘Formerly, in my youth, when there was a feast and we’d jump,5 nobody could outdo me. And even now, if we go running, nobody can catch me’ (CSOL II 13:33)
ḷaḷ + imperfect + imperfect in the main clause, referring to the past:
έter ˁag ḷáfi wa-di-ˁeẓ̂ wa-ḷaḷ yaˁágob bíľe deš bíľe di-ˁégeb hes yemáṭaˀs díˀyhe be-ˀáˁẓ̂eẓ̂ ‘Eter was a strong and vigorous man, and when he desired something, the thing he desired he would attain thanks to his strength’ (CSOL II 30:1)
ḷaḷ + imperfect + verbless clause referring to the past:
ˁímɛr ˁag ḷaḷ yegámaˁ díˀyhe ˁáže aḷyegámaˁ kaḷ be-kúľľe yom ṭey márra ‘They say there was a man who used to copulate with his wife only once a day’ (CSOL II 14:2)