Subjunctive Tense

Subjunctive

Time Frame

Active

Passive

present

amem-I may love; may I love!

amer-I may be loved; may I be loved!

present

imperfect

amārem-I would love

amārer-I would be loved

present

perfect

amāverim-I may have loved

amātus sim-I may have been loved

past

pluperfect

amāvissem-I would have loved

amātus essem-I would have been loved

past

 

For more help with the translations and independent uses of the subjunctive, see Independent Uses of the Subjunctive: Translation Help.

 

Direct Questions

 

1.  present tense question:           “Ubi puella sedet?”

 

                                                  “Ubi puella sedebat?”

2.  all past tense questions:          “Ubi puella sedit?”

                                                  “Ubi puella sederat?”

 

Indirect Questions

 


                                                1.  ubi puella    sedeat.

Puer rogat (rogābit)

                                                2.  (for all 3 original past tense questions:) ubi puella   sēderit.

 

 


                        rogābat             1.  ubi puella    sedēret.

Puer                 rogāvit             

                        rogāverat          2.  (for all 3 original past tense questions:) ubi puella   sēdisset.

 

 

SEQUENCE OF TENSES

 

                                                                                                                                 1. present subjunctive for present ideas

 

If the 1st verb is present tense, your options are

                            (future/future perfect)                                                            

                                 2.  perfect subjunctive for past ideas

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                 1.  imperfect subjunctive for present ideas

 

If the 1st verb is any past tense, your options are

 

                                                                                                                                 2.  pluperfect subjunctive for past ideas