otnote 2: Not accusative.]

LESSON LXIII

INFLECTION OF THE IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE THE SEQUENCE OF TENSES

_354._ The imperfect subjunctive may be formed by adding the personal
endings to the present active infinitive.

CONJ. I CONJ. II CONJ. III CONJ. IV
ACTIVE
1. ama:'rem mone:'rem re'gerem ca'perem audi:'rem
2. ama:'re:s mone:'re:s re'gere:s ca'pere:s audi:'re:s
3. ama:'ret mone:'ret re'geret ca'peret audi:'ret

1. ama:re:'mus mone:re:'mus regere:'mus capere:'mus audi:re:'mus
2. ama:re:'tis mone:re:'tis regere:'tis capere:'tis audi:re:'tis
3. ama:'rent mone:'rent re'gerent ca'perent audi:'rent

PASSIVE
1. ama:'rer mone:'rer re'gerer ca'perer audi:'rer
2. ama:re:'ris mone:re:'ris regere:'ris capere:'ris audi:re:'ris
(-re) (-re) (-re) (-re) (-re)
3. ama:re:'tur mone:re:'tur regere:'tur capere:'tur audi:re:'tur

1. ama:re:'mur mone:re:'mur regere:'mur capere:'mur --re:'mur
2. ama:re:'mini: mone:re:'mini: regere:'mini: capere:'mini: --re'mini:
3. ama:ren'tur mone:ren'tur regeren'tur caperen'tur --ren'tur

_a._ In a similar way inflect the imperfect subjunctive, active and
passive, of /curo\, /iubeo\, /sumo\, /iacio\, /munio\.

_355._ The imperfect subjunctive of the irregular verb /sum\ is
inflected as follows:

{ 1. es'sem { 1. esse:'mus
SING. { 2. es'se:s PLURAL { 2. esse:'tis
{ 3. es'set { 3. es'sent

_356._ The three great distinctions of time are _present_, _past_, and
_future_. All tenses referring to present or future time are called
/primary tenses\, and those referring to past time are called /secondary
tenses\. Now it is a very common law of language that in a complex
sentence the tense in the dependent clause should be of the same kind as
the tense in the principal clause. In the sentence _He /says\ that he
/is\ coming_, the principal verb, _says_, is present, that is, is in a
primary tense; and _is coming_, in the dependent clause, is naturally
also primary. If I change _he says_ to _he said_,--in other words, if I
make the principal verb secondary in character,--I feel it natural to
change the verb in the dependent clause also, and I say, _He /said\ that
he /was\ coming_. This following of a tense by another of t