9/10: students & subjunctives

The intermediate Latin class did a good job with their homework sentences using the subjunctive.  Since most English speakers are hazy on the subjunctive at best, the students' clarity when translating the Latin subjunctive was a very nice thing.

2 comments:

Barbara said...

If I were more clear about how to use the subjunctive, I would use it more often. It's dying out!

RR said...

Your first sentence demonstrates a use of the subjunctive perfectly (contrary to fact condition)! Oh, I love were/would conditions...we haven't gotten to them yet in Latin class, but I look forward to that lesson already.