- sum:
fuissem possum:
potuissem P****ive and
deponent verbs: 1st conjugation: amātus
essem (amātus
fuissem) 2nd conjugation:
visus essem (vīsus
fuissem) 3rd...
- contrary-to-fact" [if
pluperfect subjunctive then
pluperfect subjunctive] sī Rōmae
fuissem, tē vīdissem "if I had been in Rome, I
would have seen you" In French,...
-
should be
going to
praise Perf. subj. laudātūrus
fuerim I may have been
going to
praise Plup. subj. laudātūrus
fuissem I
should have been
going to praise...
-
possibility is
often expressed by periphrases: by -urus sim, essem, fuerim,
fuissem and by a
subjunctive tense of
possum +
present infinitive: Quis hoc dubitet...
-
essem starem – – – – – – ser
estar essere istere – – – – – –
Pluperfect fuissem stetissem fossi stessi fusse –
fuese estuviese fosse estivesse – – fos...
- 'subjunctive perfect' locūtus
fuerim -- -- 'subjunctive pluperfect' locūtus
fuissem -- -- 'infinitive īrī' locūtum īrī ****ure in
present 'that I will say'...
-
tense is
usually used both in the
protasis and the apodosis: sī Rōmae
fuissem, tē vīdissem cōramque grātiās ēgissem (Cicero) 'if I had been in Rome,...
-
imaginary letter from
Helen to Paris: hīs ego blanditiīs, sī peccātūra
fuissem,
flecterer (Ovid) 'by
flatteries such as these, if I had been
going to...
