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Jussive and Hortatory

The Jussive (iubeo, -ere, iussi, iussus) and the Hortatory (hortor, -ari, -atus sum) are used to express a comand or an exhortation:

Venat! --> Let him come! (Jussive)

Veniamus -> Let's come! (Hortatory)

The Jussive occurs in the third person, the Hortatory in the first.

The negative is introduced by ne: Ne hoc faciat! Let him not do this!

Deliberative

The present and imperfect sunjunctives are used to deliberate about something, often ina a rhetorical question:

Quid faciam? -> What am I to do?

Quid facerem? -> What was I to do?

The negative is introduced by non.

Potential

The subjunctive may be used to express an action which might possibly occur:

Haec credas -> You might believe these things.

Dicas eum hominem bonum esse. -> You might say he is a good man.

Past poteniality is expressed by the imperfect subjunctive:

Crederes eum hominem bonum esse. You might have believed he was a good man.

Optative

Used for a future wish capable of fulfillment, introduced by utinam or ut (negative utinam or ne)

Utinam veniat! -> Would that he may come!

Utinam ne veniat! -> Would tha he may not come!

Latin subjunctives and uses!

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