Imperfect Subjunctive
For an overview of the subjunctive, please see the first video on the page "Present Subjunctive."
1. Imperfect Active Subjunctive
The Imperfect Subjunctive forms are super easy to form and recognize. Basically, 2nd principal part + personal endings.
The Imperfect Subjunctive forms are super easy to form and recognize. Basically, 2nd principal part + personal endings.
- 0:42 - conjugating the Imperfect Active Subjunctive (there are NO exceptions to this!)
- 1:32 - the actual grammar rules that cause it to look like this
- 2:50 - the Tense matrix (the basics of the Subjunctive Sequence of Tenses)
2. Imperfect Passive Subjunctive
The passive forms of the Imperfect Subjunctive just use the Passive personal endings instead of the Active.
The shortcut (reconstructing the "present active infinitive" is the easiest way to do this; and the steps are just reversing the Active-Passive Infinitive changes (so, go from the right column to the left).
Conjugation Active Passive
1st āre ārī
2nd ēre ērī
3rd ere ī
3rd io ere ī
4th īre īrī
The passive forms of the Imperfect Subjunctive just use the Passive personal endings instead of the Active.
- 1:50 - Imperfect Passive Subjunctive of Deponent verbs (the "active" infinitive form needs to be reconstructed (-ārī --> -āre) OR you actually have to understand the Imperfect Subjunctive rules)
The shortcut (reconstructing the "present active infinitive" is the easiest way to do this; and the steps are just reversing the Active-Passive Infinitive changes (so, go from the right column to the left).
Conjugation Active Passive
1st āre ārī
2nd ēre ērī
3rd ere ī
3rd io ere ī
4th īre īrī