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Ch. 34? / I. The Subjunctive Mood - Introduction:
II. forms of the present subjunctive (or… “We beat a giant liar.”
III. hortatory/jussive subjunctive (an independent subjunctive clause) … “Let…” “May…”
IV.forms of the imperfect subjunctive (easy to form!... present active infinitive + endings
V. purpose clasuses(a dependent subjunctive clause) with ut/nē… “in order that (to)”

I. The Subjunctive Mood - Introduction

1. There are 3 moods in Latin…what are they and how do they differ inter se?

(a)

(b)

(c)

2. How many tenses of the indicative are there? What are they?

How many tenses of the subjunctive are there? What are they?

II. The Forms of the Present Subjunctive:

1. What is the mnemonic phrase for remembering the vowel changes per conjugation for the present subjunctive?

2. Give (1) the infinitives per each conjugation + (2) the Present subjunctive vowel change for that conjugation.

Conjugation # / Infinitive form / Indicative Present Vowel / Subjunctive
Present
Vowel / EXAMPLES per conjugation
(indicative  subjunctive)
1st Conjugation / - / - / - / vocatis  vocētis
2nd Conjugation / - / - / - / timent  timeant
3rd Conjugation / -ere / - i (3rd pl: -u) / -a / cadit  cadat
3rd-io Conjugation / - / - i (3rd pl: -iu) / - / fugio  fugiam
4th Conjugation / - / - / - / puliunt  puliant

3. Conjugate in theLatinpresent subjunctive ACTIVE: (1) moveō, movēre, mōvī, motum; (2) dubitō, dubitāre

Person/Number / (1) moveō, movēre, mōvī, motum - ACTIVE / (2) dubitō, dubitāre, dubitāvī…
1st Person Singular / moveam / dubitem
2nd Person Singular
3rd Person Singular
1st Person Plural
2nd Person Plural
3rd Person Plural

4. Conjugate in the Latinpresent subjunctive PASSIVE: (3) agō, agere, ēgī, actum; (4) sciō, scīre, scīvī, scītum

Person/Number / (3) agō, agere, ēgī, actum – PASSIVE! / (4) sciō, scīre …PASSIVE!
1st Person Singular / agar
2nd Person Singular / sciāris
3rd Person Singular
1st Person Plural
2nd Person Plural
3rd Person Plural

5. Conjugate in Latin present subjunctive the irregular verbs: (5) sum, esse, fuī, futūrus = to be; (6) eō, īre, īvī, ītūrus = to go

Person/Number / (5) sum, esse, fuī, futūrus / (6) eō, īre, īvī, ītūrus
1st Person Singular / sim / eam
2nd Person Singular / sīs
3rd Person Singular
1st Person Plural
2nd Person Plural
3rd Person Plural / eant

III. Hortatory[1]/Jussive[2] Subjuctives…“Let them eat cake!” Let’s go!” “May you prosper!”

Latin Formula: present subjunctive; for negative use nē + pres. subj.
English translation formula : (1) “Let…” (more common)(2) “May..,” (less common)

1. Translate these hortatory & jussive subjunctives:

a. inveniāmus cibum. =

b. puellae domum currant et puerī lentē ambulent =

c. nunc fabulam narrem!

d. nē festinēmus, quod cadere nōlō.

e. celeriter ad Siciliam navigētis.

f. amīcī, nē in eōdem locō inveniāmur.

IV. The Forms of the IMPERFECT Subjunctive: As easy as cake!
Present Active Infinitive + -m, s, t, mus, tis, nt (ACTIVE)
Present Active Infinitive + -r, ris, tur, mur, minī, ntur (PASSIVE)

1. Conjugate in the IMPERFECT subjunctive ACTIVE: (1) moveō, movēre; (2) plicō, plicāre, plicāvī…

Person/Number / (1) moveō, movēre, mōvī, motum ACTIVE / (2) plicō, plicāre…ACTIVE
1st Person Singular
2nd Person Singular
3rd Person Singular / movēret
1st Person Plural / plicāremus
2nd Person Plural
3rd Person Plural

2. Conjugate in the IMPERFECT subj. PASSIVE: (3) agō, agere; (4) sciō, scīre, scīvī, scītum

Person/Number / (3) agō, agere, ēgī, actum – PASSIVE! / (4) sciō, scīre …PASSIVE!
1st Person Sing / agerer
2nd Person Sing / scīreris
3rd Person Singular
1st Person Plural / scīremur
2nd Person Plural / agereminī
3rd Person Plural

3. Conjugate in Latin IMPERFECT subjunctive the irregular verbs: (5) sum, esse, fuī, futūrus = to be; (6) eō, īre, īvī, ītūrus = to go (these only have active endings)

Person/Number / (5) sum, esse, fuī, futūrus / (6) eō, īre, īvī, ītūrus
1st Person Singular / īrem
2nd Person Singular
3rd Person Singular / esset
1st Person Plural
2nd Person Plural
3rd Person Plural

V. Purpose Clauses …“Let them eat cake!” Let’s go!” “May you prosper!”

Latin Formula: ut / nē + present subjunctive / imperfect subjunctive
English translation formula : (1) in order that … may[3]/might[4]verb
(2) in order to verb; (3) so that… may3/might4verb; (4) lest (negative only)

1. Translate these sentences with purpose clause subjunctives:

a. in urbem ambulant ut inveniant cibum. =

b. in urbem ambulāvērunt ut invenīrent cibum. =

c. Tacēte, omnēs, ut nunc fabulam narrem!

d. omnēs tacuērunt ut nunc fabulam narrārem!

e. festināre nōlō nē in itinere cadāmus.

f. festināre nōlēbam nē caderēmus.

g. amīcī latent nē inveniantur

f. amīcī latēbant nē invenīrentur.

[1] “hortatory’ refers to 1st person only: “Let me think.” or “Let us findsome cake.”

[2] “jussive” refers to 3rd person (and 2nd person) and is related to the word iubēre “to order.” Thus, it may also be called a 3rd person command: “Let them eat cake” “Let the buyer beware”

[3] Use “may” for present subjunctives in purpose clauses

[4] Use “might” for IMPERFECT subjunctives in purpose clauses