Subjunctive: Evolution from Classical Latin to Spanish

Subjunctive:
Evolution from Classical Latin to Spanish

by María Constanza Pérez
Departament of Romance Languages
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Note:
This Page is an attempt to present the Subjunctive in an organized, clear and useful way on the Web.
All the following information has been obtained entirely from the texts & sources annotated in the Bibliography.

Index:

Subjunctive Summary Table

I. What is Subjunctive?

General Considerations

Use of Subjunctive

II. Classical Latin and Subjunctive

A. Present Subjunctive in Classical Latin

B. Imperfect Subjunctive in Classical Latin

C. Present Perfect Subjunctive in Classical Latin

D. Past Perfect Subjunctive (Pluperfect Subjunctive) in Classical Latin

III. Vulgar Latin and Subjunctive

IV. Spanish and Subjunctive

A. Present Subjunctive (-ar, -er, -ir)

1. Verb Changing .

2. Conjugation Changing

3. Radical Changing Verbs

Irregular Present Indicative versus Subjunctive

B. Imperfect Subjunctive

C. Perfect Subjunctive in Spanish

D. Pluferfect Subjunctive in Latin

E. Analytical Tenses

F. Phonological Developments

V. Bibliography

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