Module 17 - Optative and Potential
Independent Uses of the Subjunctive
Determine whether the following sentences contain a deliberative, optative, or potential subjunctive, and then translate.
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utinam nē vincantur!
optative: “If only they wouldn’t be conquered!”
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quid facerem?
deliberative: “What should I have done?”
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mīles domum nōn eat.
potential: “The soldier may not go home.”
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agricolae omnēs discēdere forsitan incipiant.
potential: “Perhaps all the farmers might begin to depart.”
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utinam is monstrum interfēcisset!
optative: “If only he had killed the monster!”
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quid putem?
deliberative: “What should I think?”
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