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Perhaps the most common use of the subjunctive is the '''conditional subjunctive'''. When the subjunctive is used in a subordinate clause (with the verb moving to the final position), it may carry the meaning 'if, when, should, etc..' This can be used both in finite verb forms, and with participles, the former being more popular in Old inscriptions and the later in Classical ones. | Perhaps the most common use of the subjunctive is the '''conditional subjunctive'''. When the subjunctive is used in a subordinate clause (with the verb moving to the final position), it may carry the meaning 'if, when, should, etc..' This can be used both in finite verb forms, and with participles, the former being more popular in Old inscriptions and the later in Classical ones. | ||
:*''cōrdiō '''v<u>en</u>''' effertia altanē invegīs''<br>'''<u>If</u> you are going''' to the assembly can you bring back water on the way? | :*''cōrdiō '''v<u>en</u>''' effertia altanē invegīs''<br>'''<u>If</u> you are going''' to the assembly can you bring back water on the way? | ||
:*''saub hānīs menī altan '''cept<u>iāvis</u>''' cīs horientus aegïtae rhame'' | :*''saub hānīs menī altan '''cept<u>iāvis</u>''' cīs horientus aegïtae rhame''<br>Only '''<u>when</u> one has washed themselves''' in the temple can one look upon a celestial god without dying. | ||
====Desiderative==== | ====Desiderative==== | ||