Conditionals


  Protasis (if) Apodosis (then)
indicative
Simple present Present indicative Present indicative
Is/is Si Caesar ad Galliam venit vincit
Simple past Imperfect or

perfect indicative

Imperfect or

perfect indicative

  Si Catullus Lesbiam amabat, gaudêbat.
  Si Catullus rosâs Lesbiae dedit, eum laudâvit.
Simple future

"future more vivid"

Future indicative Future indicative
Is/will Si Catullus rosâs Lesbiae dabit, gaudêbit.
subjunctive
Contrary to fact present Imperfect subjunctive Imperfect subjunctive
Were/would Si Cicero Caesarem amaret, Caesar gauderet.
Contrary to fact past Pluperfect subjunctive Pluperfect subjunctive
Had/would Si Britanniam Caesar vicisset, Cicero eum laudâvisset. 
Future less vivid Present subjunctive Present subjunctive
Should/would Si Horatius malum librum scribat, populi Romani eî noceant

Subjunctive Syntax so far:
Independent Subjunctive

Dependent Subjunctive Return to the Wheelock page
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