- contrary-to-fact" [if
imperfect subjunctive then
imperfect subjunctive]
scrīberem plūra, sī Rōmae essēs "I
would write more, if you were in Rome" "past...
- write.")
Nesciebat quid scriberet. ("He didn't know what to write.") Quid
scriberem? ("What do you
think I
ought to have done?") Nescit/nesciebat quid scriberet...
-
situation in
present time, the
imperfect subjunctive is used in both clauses:
scrīberem ad tē dē hōc plūra, sī Rōmae essēs (Cicero) 'I
would write more about...
- 'if I
could sleep, I wouldn't be
bothering you with such long letters'
scrīberem ad tē dē hōc plūra, sī Rōmae essēs (Cicero) 'I
would write more to you...
- uidi, minui,
nichilque in
rerum translatione adauxi, sed uti tunc ****
scriberem oculis perspexi, et
respectu capere uaeraci potui,
rescribere studui,...
