An Overview of the Subjunctive

[@joelkelly4154]

The "coulda, shoulda, woulda" mood.

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[@ewharvey44]

I am *impressed* ---These tutorials are very well done! From one Latin teacher to another. :)

[@M.S.Makin-qo1dk]

I've been learning Arabic and I have had absolutely no idea What these three moods are. Your lesson helped my understanding a Lot. Thanks.

[@Alexandra-ku7sd]

I love your voice, its so pleasant to hear.

[@JMaSsA11]

PASSED LATIN THIS YEAR! Thanks for all these videos!

[@juanguentenguea.gonzalez737]

You are a latin master. Good Job.

[@lee-ll8tp]

I almost gave up when I met subjunctive. Your explanation is so clear and useful! Thank you so much :D

[@marcmorgan8606]

Excellent video! I speak Welsh fluently as a second language, and this video has clarified many things for me in Latin (which I'm tentatively beginning to understand in a fairly decent way) as well as in literary Welsh (which is somewhat different to the colloquial).

[@margaretevey1825]

While in class I heard that the subjunctive mood exists, but knew no more of it other than "it's to explain abstract and hypothetical situations." This video introduced the mood perfectly.

[@latintutorial]

Thanks. It's been a good 15 years for me since I last had any formal instruction in French

[@lockesnode1477]

Subjunctive is evil.

[@commentfreely5443]

indicative/subjunctive active/passive etc so much

[@juanguentenguea.gonzalez737]

Yep subjunctive is an evil liar.

[@latintutorial]

+Madeline Corrales Yes, the jussive subjunctive (a main clause verb in the present subjunctive) is what you're thinking of, a mild or suggestive command translated in English with "let". Catullus 5: vivamus atque amemus, "let us live and let us love". But this can be used with other subjects, too: vivam, "let me live".

[@roben2791]

you did frensh . I speak frensh too. any way . it explains why old frensh (the one uses in 1700) used archaicly subjunctive in the condition . it's still rarely used specially in the 3rd person like s'il eût fait....

[@latintutorial]

Gratias maximas!

[@MissToxix]

This is brilliant.I have been getting the highest marks in Latin up until I cam across the Subjunctive. Thank you for helping me on my road to success. This video was awesome!

[@latintutorial]

Calm down, buddy. The infinitive and participle aren't technically moods, which only exist for finite (i.e., conjugated) verb forms. Indo-European originally had four moods, the three listed here and the optative, which got absorbed into the subjunctive in Latin. While it's easy to term "infinitive" and "participle" as moods when you're learning about them, it is technically wrong and the reality behind these forms is much less concrete.

[@ryanisber2353]

Calm down buddy

[@felixstimets1339]

@@ryanisber2353 Calm down, buddy

[@CFHistory]

Thank you. These tutorials will certainly make my latin studies much easier.

[@infinitesimotel]

Very much like the clarity in your thinking.

[@latintutorial]

The negative jussive is conveyed with nē plus the subjunctive. So "let's not eat" is "nē edamus."

[@Rads-Angel]

We watched this video in Latin class, and the whole class burst out laughing during the “Yo’ mamma” example lol-

[@peachypansy807]

thank you subjunctive for making me cry

[@NoahNobody]

Really nice explanation. I have to learn Spanish and came across the imperative, indicative, and subjunctive grammar things. Anyway, you have a really good talent for teaching. Thanks.

[@latintutorial]

Yes and yes. (they do stand alone, and edamus is all you need for all of those)

[@blackhornet111]

4:41 OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[@RedOctober_]

roasted

[@topazbutterfly1853]

We do have the subjunctive in Romanian too, but we also have a conditional-optative mood as well. Usually the Latin present and perfect subjunctives corespond to the present and perfect subjunctive in Romanian. The imperfect and plusperfect subjunctive matches the Romanian present and perfect conditional-optative. We use the subjunctive to express hortation as well, as in "Hai să mergem la cinema!" (Let's go to the cinema!). But it has also extended to replace the Latin infinitive in most cases, but not all. "Pot să înot." (I can swim.), but you can also say "Pot înota." The conditional would be "Aș merge la cinema." (I would go to the cinema.) and "Aș fi mers la cinema." (I would have gone to the cinema.). Interesting to see how the grammar of my own language still haunts me in another language.

[@Mendaz]

French is one of the romance languages that seems to use the subjunctive the least, so it's actually probably the easiest but one that doesn't as make as much sense then. Like, in all the romance languages, if you say "I hope that you get better," all of them that I have learned would use subjunctive except for French. Out of all the romance languages I've learned, it probably makes the most sense in Spanish, even more so than in Latin.

[@chamorvenigo]

No one knew what it was? I think I have a pretty good conceptual grasp on it. I wrote something good on this subject yesterday. I hope you'all don't mind that I copy and paste what I had previously written on this subject. The whole thing started by me having to explain deponent and gerund: To understand Latin gerundo (ought to carry out), you need to also understand the Legal concept of deponent (ought to give/do, or what was promised). At this point, we might as well strengthen our understanding of Roman indicative mood. Now, most people might mistake the Romans for being the creative type, no different than their Greek counterparts, judging from our method of teaching the Latin language. Yet, historically, Romans are the boring logical type who excelled in doing things in columns or building columns. So, it is possible to imagine them preferring a cut-and-dried method of expressing themselves in Latin. For example, if we were to imagine that the Romans were supposed to use Latin in the same manner as how they should write their contracts, some Latin aspects are easier to understand, like: i. Why is there a lack of personal pronouns, with a readily available set of reflective pronouns? Ans.: We don't use personal pronouns in contracts. ii. Why is there a lack of aorist tense, compared to the Greeks? Ans.: Contract only talks about relevant stuff. iii. Why is there a BAM tense in Latin? Ans.: Roman engineers demanded a simple way to state when a project had started, started, or will started. iv. How to use subjunctive? Ans: According to Deconstruction theory, meaning can be obtained within the literature system itself. This means we are dealing with less-than-zero meanings (e.g., good cannot exist without bad). If we strengthen our understanding of one side, the other side is also strengthened. In summary, if we were to take all that is allowed in a legal contract to be Indicative, then the rest is subjunctive. So, now we can see why future tense "will verb" is indicative, the "conditional verb" is indicative, and the "comparative less-than-vivid verb" can be indicative. The next part is something that I paraphrase from my prior reading of D.J. Taylor's translation of Marcus Terentius Varro's fragmented writings: Deed are done three times. Once in the mind (including meetings and discussions), once in the words (giving your word is the same as signing a contract with your words on it), and once one last time, in the verifiable. For this reason, the word dō means "I give" which have the same sense as "I have given" or "I promised to give". The person who promised became a deponent (the promiser). Deponent nouns are those that had promised to give. If what was promised is an object, then it is a danum (gift) or damnum (legal gift). Else it is a gerund. The gerund name in Latin originated from gerō (I carry out … what I had promised to do) and the Roman ablative noun gerundō means "ought to be carried out".

[@ThomWillis]

as a Latin teacher this is ... very helpful

[@Croopskate]

Not related to the subjunctive, but can 'I went to the store to buy cheese' also take on a Supine form, as in 'Ii tabernam caseum emptum'?

[@editzone6003]

Hi there! Thank you for posting up your videos, I really appreciated them, for they have helped me understand better in my latin class. Yet, I do have one question, and this is because I am also taking spanish too. (Please.. I know its crazy... hahahaha ... latin 3 and spanish 4...that explains my inquisitive thoughts...) Last year, in spanish I learned that there were "nosotros commands" (I know it is spanglish, but please bear with me) or the "we commands". Those commands are usually translated as ... for example "let's eat." Do you know if there are any "we commands" in Latin in general or is it going to be presented in the sense that the speaker going to suggest that a person or group of people should join him, like using your "let's eat" example but using the subjunctive?

[@ariefbudiman9610]

very interesting, while greek retain optative. the latin put it under subjunctive! thx you for so clear explanation

[@legaleagle46]

Latin once had a separate optative mood, but as you noted, it merged the optative with the subjunctive some time before the Classical period began. Greek did the same thing, incidentally. Modern Greek, like Latin, only has the Indicative, the Imperative and the Subjunctive.

[@WillelmusAestus]

To me, learning the Subjunctive in French was ten times easier than I had expected. In Latin, though, it's hell. I have no idea when to actually use it.

[@CoDRagna]

then how would you say, about to call in latin. that's a partciple ( future active participle FAP. and it translates to vocaturus,a,um

[@dankindonuts8285]

An excellent video. Thank you very much!

[@ultimatebros923]

5:35 I have to use that sometime!

[@latintutorial]

Right, which is really an adjective, not a verb. Likewise infinitives are effectively nouns, since they serve as objects and subjects of verbs.

[@gah-kaileung7075]

I like to think of the subjunctive as sub + iunctum => an /underlying connection/ between two verbs, the relationship and dependence of meaning between two verbs.

[@latintutorial]

That works for a lot of it, but there are sentences that have only one verb, and it’s in the subjunctive mood (deliberative, operative, jussive).

[@mvdmusicvideostorefreshthe3224]

Quite a lot of additional stuff there, but very informative, thank you, I think my brain is fried now.

[@machspeed3333]

This is better than all my Latin teachers combined, though thats only 2 so far but still impressive I guess lmao

[@iambad8025]

If I wanted to say I want to visit in Latin how would I say it? Would visit be in the subjunctive mood?

[@latintutorial]

I want to visit would use an infinitive: volō visitāre

[@PICTVS]

Is there any difference in expressing purpose using the subjunctive and using the supine?

[@jacquelinelanda1084]

I would like to learn latin. I'm a little confused as to where I should start in your playlist.

[@lockesnode1477]

Stay well away from the subjunctives. They are fairly high level.

[@felipearaujo3937]

Gratias Tibi, amice. Saepe olim videbo hinc videum credo, quia valde utilis est linguae latinae discentibus.

[@jenniemartellotta5977]

then what is a temporal clause?

[@hudsonphillips76]

thank you so much for these videos, so helpful.

[@mirelurkhunter5109]

If I had been a sophomore in that French class, I would have been scared too!

[@crimsoncrimsoned609]

What about in the sentence "I liked it when he made that shot"? Because it isn't a possibility that he made the shot but it is still a sentence subject to a seperate verb. What is this variant of it called or is it not subjunctive?

[@colinmagnier1232]

Quick question. Can "uncertain truths" be classified as something like a doubt in the indicative mood. Does doubt in the indicative make it subjunctive?

[@1964TP]

This is SO helpful.

[@Inubris]

so subjunctives are like the maybe case.

[@user-ky5ev6sk1q]

bro that yo mama joke caught me so off guard lmaoooo

[@Jamiewinters8]

Can the main clause uses stand alone?, i.e. are "let's eat", "we should eat", & "we could eat" all translated as "edamus"?, or do you need more words?

[@32OJMAYO]

Great video!

[@QubitPi]

That sounds like this: Is this imperative or infinitive? No. Then its subjunctive, no dispute

[@MrMeBeDaniel]

your voice is really cool

[@jakequaza3567]

After watching this video i have a question: why do cum clauses use subjunctive because the actions in cum clauses did actually happen for example in the sentence ‘cum nullam pecuniam haberemus, miserrimi eramus’ meaning ‘since we had no money, we were very miserable’ the fact that they had no money is a real fact, not hypothetical, so why is subjunctive used here? This also raises the question why does cum use subjunctive while ubi uses indicative?

[@SamoriahGames]

This has to be one of your funniest videos.

[@evanwhite5704]

Wow this is very helpful

[@tibiademon9157]

I don't understand how the subjunctive would fit into the example of "I went to the store to buy cheese." Wouldn't you just use the infinitive form there? ( Tabernam fui ut caseus *emere* ) ?

[@latintutorial]

Fabrizio Illuminati Think about what the "to buy" means. It shows purpose, and the infinitive in classical Latin can't be used to express purpose. There's an inherent difference between "I want to buy cheese" and "I went there to buy cheese".

[@legaleagle46]

You could, but Latin preferred the use of purpose clauses using ut + subjunctive.

[@legaleagle46]

@LegoGuy87 And Romanian still does ("Am mers la mercatul să cumpăr brânzâtură.") The other Romance languages replaced the use of the subjunctive with the infinitive: "Fui a la tienda para comprar queso." (Spanish) "Je suis allè au marchè pour acheter du fromage." (French) "Fui ao mercado para comprar queijo." (Portuguese) "Sono andato al mercato per comprare formaggio." (Italian).

[@tibiademon9157]

@@latintutorial It's been six years, but now I properly understand how this sentence translates. The thing is that the "ut" doesn't really translate as "to" but as "that". The proper translation would be "I went to the store *so that I may buy cheese* ", and thus we can make sense of "Tabernam fuī ut cāseum emerem".

[@Audiobooks4Artists]

Is it fair to say that would is a good replacement for the subjunctive? Does this mean Latin doesn't have modals? Can would might may should are all just one form....being the subjunctive....?

[@Audiobooks4Artists]

How is it different than a conditional?

[@todh2oyu308]

The conditional is an other mood, spanish has both subjunctive and conditional, so "would" does not replace it. Strictly speaking the conditional is the past of the future, I know it sounds weird but it is true. I could give you examples if you want me to.

[@kathrynveseth6346]

VERY well done! Thank you!

[@TheDagen8]

Thank you you helped so much

[@erics7992]

I disagree. The French subjunctive isn't any harder than the Latin and probably easier because the imperfect subjunctive never really gets used. But the thing is, like you said, you're usually a sophomore in high school learning your first foreign language with no real clue how grammar works when you learn the French subjunctive so it feels extremely intimidating. Kind of like participles: I learned Greek before Latin and the Greek participle is a nightmare that took me months to even be able to begin to grasp. But after doing all that it took me only a short time to pick up the Latin participle.

[@williamscott1402]

Excellent

[@christophernuzzi2780]

The dirty secret of the Latin subjunctive is that in all but the independent subjunctive, it is translated as indicative. All you have to worry about is the tense.

[@TheEnglishQuail]

:D another video. I wish my school had Latin

[@xunting1]

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[@linger2001]

very good! Thank You!

[@marymandering]

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[@MCernoble]

So did you get cheese in the end or nah?

[@latintutorial]

Most definitely.

[@thymeh7761]

I'm still confused.

[@latintutorial]

More or less.

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[@FernandoVinny]

As a brazilian portuguese native speaker, for me the subjunctive isn't hard

[@khantsal2305]

@FernandoVinny Explain me, why.

[@Nikhil-P-R]

"GIMME". Um... Am I in the right class?

[@zer-atop3032]

It means give me and it's imperative, so yeah

[@uniworkhorse]

Arigato amigo

[@RDR7891]

you say the yo mama joke so seriously

[@matthewjeffersonportorange7885]

What subjunctive is, isn't scary. Converting into subjunctive is the horrifying part.

[@mahisarpal4328]

thanks a lot really hellps

[@lucyjones6330]

I was quaking in my boots when he made a yo mamma joke. Lmao I’m dead. I’m just trying to study for a quiz

[@randomspartanhoe4501]

4:43 Bruh moment.

[@muonneutrino_]

How did you manage to say what you said at 4:50 with a straight face lmaoooooo

[@morilea]

je comprends pas la jou

[@entertainmentdose170]

How is no one talking about the “yo mamma so fat when she went to Rome there was 8 hills 😭😭💀💀

[@latintutorial]

🤷

[@CoDRagna]

see you cant even translate it, thats why we use participles

[@abispanner3957]

GIMME!!!!

[@CoDRagna]

3 MOODS ONLY? ABSOLUTLEY NOT! HOW COULD YOU MISS THE OTHER 2 MOST ESSENTIAL, INFINITIVE MOOD AND PATRICIPLE MOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@novvain495]

Infinitives and participles are non-finite forms,not moods.

[@jackquincy6351]

man...

[@Dawn_Of_Justice]

*

[@tigress0076]

Life lesson at 2:40 😂

[@electronicwoe]

Grammar is quite a journey. Haha.

[@DaGeMie]

sad ;)

[@Quelquefois1793]

Gimme! lol

[@ReclaimerStudios]

4:41 lol

[@tigress0076]

2:58 never hit so hard as rn🤣

[@magisterparsons]

Faberrime fecisti!

[@amaliavogt910]

I got when i was 12 in Latin class...

[@ironerrow618]

I was forced to watch this

[@latintutorial]

I'm sorry!

[@ironerrow618]

Haha no problem my guy

[@thezombiedude100]

I hate grammar in this language!!!!

[@chamorvenigo]

The deficiency is in the way they explain the grammar rules. In reality, being good in English gives us all an major head start in learning Latin. In English, we were told that the rules doesn't matter that much "at least I was told", and we would then learn English grammar day in day out, without much conflict in the learning materials. Once we had progress enough, we subconsciously know which form sounds right, which we can exert our creative license upon. With Latin: 1. Memorize the noun declension table. Don't ask why. Also, they didn't bother to make it memorable to be memorized. Just random word endings. 2. Next, the "five" Latin cases. The Linguist's definitions is really devoid of meaning (trying to define too many things, it ended up right, but a beginner would ended up more confused. I ended up doing my own archeology study into Proto Germanic and PIE in order to get some satisfactory answer, like 1. What does the dative case really mean and why does the modern Greek only have four cases? 2. What's a dative-ablative case and when do we use it? 3. How does the plural side of system came from? It is a long story, however, at some point in history, the case system was revamp (rather than a ad hoc copying with +i +is for genitive, +e for vocative; so that the masculine, the feminine, and neutral are designed to be orthogonally symmetrical , together with their plurals; in order to generate better declensions variety. 3. Horrible names for the grammar terms. By right, the names of grammatical concept should partially informed 5 year old kids on what the concept is really about. Also, if a grammar term is made out of two words, do what the Romans did where they make one word the giving word and the other word the solving word. The giving word is in it tertiary case and provides the initial meaning while the solving word provides the rest of the information to complete the phrase, thus solving the meaning. I think they called it a giver & its solver in Latin but we call it by some meaningless term. Worst, the the equivalent grammar term is simply "a predicate".