Llpsi - result clauses (cap xxix)

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1

Hello all.

Can the subjunctive in a result clause in the past be either perfect or imperfect?

Cheers.

Paul.

2

Yes it depends on the tense of the main verb.

I suggest you read about the sequence of tenses here. https://dcc.dickinson.edu/grammar/latin/sequence-tenses

3

Note A&G § 485c: in result clauses, the perfect subjunctive is regularly used in secondary sequence for completed action in the past. This differs from other types of subordinate clauses, where pluperfect subjunctive is used in secondary sequence for completed action. See A&G § 484b.

Imperfect subjunctive is used in result clauses in secondary sequence for incompleted action in the past, and present subjunctive can be used in result clauses in secondary sequence for incompleted action in the present.

4

Whoosh!

Thanks both.

I’m a way off understanding all that yet.

Paul.