PRESENT: INDICATIVE AND SUBJUNCTIVE

Vitam regit fortuna.

POTENTIAL SUBJUNCTIVE
(Forsitan) vitam regat fortuna.
(Forsitan) vitam non regat fortuna.

JUSSIVE (hortatory) SUBJUNCTIVE
Amamus sapientiam.
Amemus sapientiam.

Amat sapientiam.
Amet sapientiam.

Amo(ne) sapientiam?
Amem(ne) sapientiam?

Ne amemus sapientiam.
Non amemus sapientiam?

OPTATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
(Utinam) amemus sapientiam.
(Utinam) ne amemus sapientiam.
Hunc lignōrum fascem, quaesō, humerīs meīs impōnās.


First conjugation Second conjugation Third conjugation Fourth conjugation
indicative subjunctive indicative subjunctive indicative subjunctive indicative subjunctive
1.sg amo amem habeo habeam mitto mittam audio audiam
2.sg amas ames habes habeas mittis mittas audis audias
3.sg amat amet habet habeat mittit mittat audit audiat
1.pl amāmus amēmus habēmus habeāmus mittimus mittāmus audīmus audiāmus
2.pl amātis amētis habētis habeātis mittitis mittātis audītis audiātis
3.pl amant ament habent habeant mittunt mittant audiunt audiant

From the above table, it can be noted that the subjunctive present has -a- at the last syllable or last-but-one syllable, except when the verb belongs to the 1st conjugation.
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The present website is compiled for an introductory Latin course at the Chinese University of Hong Kong by Dr. Louis Ha.
Copyright by Louis Ha, 2012.
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