Latin Level 3, Unit 1: Subjunctive Mood. Core vocabulary, forms, and short example sentences for this unit. Front: the Latin word or form. Back: English meaning (brief grammatical note in parentheses where useful, e.g. case or conjugation).
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- amem
- I may love / let me love (present subjunctive)
- ames
- you may love (singular, present subjunctive)
- amet
- he/she/it may love (present subjunctive)
- What vowel typically marks the present subjunctive of first conjugation verbs, replacing the usual '-a-'?
- -e-
- videam
- I may see (present subjunctive of video)
- What vowel typically marks the present subjunctive of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs?
- -a-
- faciam (subjunctive)
- I may do/make (present subjunctive of facio)
- amarem
- I might love / I were loving (imperfect subjunctive)
- What simple rule describes forming the imperfect subjunctive for most verbs?
- The present active infinitive plus personal endings
- essem
- I might be / I were (imperfect subjunctive of sum)
- amaverim
- I may have loved (perfect subjunctive)
- amavissem
- I might have loved (pluperfect subjunctive)
- What are the four Latin subjunctive tenses?
- Present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect
- What use of the subjunctive expresses a command or exhortation, like 'let us go'?
- The hortatory (or jussive) subjunctive
- Eamus!
- Let us go! (hortatory subjunctive)