CI: Lesson - Subjunctive Mood - Additional Examples

Additional Examples - Compounds of Irregular Verbs

The irregular verbs learned in the Amor Marcelli module almost all form several compound verbs (adding a prefix to the irregular verb, so for instance: ad + sum, esse, fui = adsum, adesse, adfui - to be present). Below, select compound irregular verbs are conjugated to further demonstrate the subjunctive mood forms and to help you review how the compound irregular verbs appear. Example verbs:

  • possum, posse, potui - to be able
  • exeo, exire, exivi (exii), exitus - to leave, go out
  • affero, afferre, attuli, allatus - to report, bring in
  • nolo, nolle, nolui - to not want
Compounds of Irregular Verbs - Subjunctive Verb Stems
Stem posse exire afferre nolle
Present Stem possi- exea- affera- noli-
Imperfect Stem posse- exire- afferre- nolle-
Perfect Stem potueri- exieri- (exiveri-) attuleri- nolueri-
Pluperfect Stem potuisse- exisse- (exivisse-) attulisse- noluisse-
Perfect Participle N/A exitus, a, um allatus, a, um N/A

Active Voice Forms

Active Subjunctive - Irregular Verb Compounds
Tense posse exire afferre nolle
Present possim
possis
possit
possimus
possitis
possint
exeam
exeas
exeat
exeamus
exeatis
exeant
afferam
afferas
afferat
afferamus
afferatis
afferant
nolim
nolis
nolit
nolimus
nolitis
nolint
Imperfect possem
posses
posset
possemus
possetis
possent
exirem
exires
exiret
exiremus
exiretis
exirent
afferrem
afferres
afferret
afferremus
afferretis
afferrent
nollem
nolles
nollet
nollemus
nolletis
nollent
Perfect potuerim
potueris
potuerit
potuerimus
potueritis
potuerint
exierim
exieris
exierit
exierimus
exieritis
exierint
attulerim
attuleris
attulerit
attulerimus
attuleritis
attulerint
noluerim
nolueris
noluerit
noluerimus
nolueritis
noluerint
Pluperfect potuissem
potuisses
potuisset
potuissemus
potuissetis
potuissent
exiissem
exiisses
exiisset
exiissemus
exiissetis
exiissent
attulissem
attulisses
attulisset
attulissemus
attulissetis
attulissent
noluissem
noluisses
noluisset
noluissemus
noluissetis
noluissent

Passive Voice Forms

Reminder: posse and nolle have no passive forms so were not included in the table.

Passive Subjunctive - Irregular Verb Compounds
Tense exire afferre
Present exear
exearis
exeatur
exeamur
exeamini
exeantur
afferar
afferaris
afferatur
afferamur
afferamini
afferantur
Imperfect exirer
exireris
exiretur
exiremur
exiremini
exirentur
afferrer
afferreris
afferretur
afferremut
afferremini
afferrentur
Perfect exitus sim
exitus sis
exitus sit
exiti simus
exiti sitis
exiti sint
allatus sim
allatus sis
allatus sit
allati simus
allati sitis
allati sint
Pluperfect exitus essem
exitus esses
exitus esset
exiti essemus
exiti essetis
exiti essent
allatus essem
allatus esses
allatus esset
allati essemus
allati essetis
allati essent

Nota Bene:

  • All forms of the verb ire have two perfect stems: one without -v (exi-) and one with -v (exiv-). Both stems are correct and can be used in any situation. Only the forms without -v- were included, but remember you can see: exiveri- for perfect and exivisse- for pluperfect.
  • In the chart, only the masculine form of the participle is provided for the perfect and pluperfect tense in the passive voice. The full forms of the participle are:
    • exire:
      • Singular: exitus, exita, exitum
      • Plural: exiti, exitae, exita
    • affere:
      • Singular: allatus, allata, allatum
      • Plural: allati, allatae, allata

Practice Activity

The following practice involves a series of synopses. A synopsis is when a certain set of verb forms is listed - for instance, a synopsis might be to list every 3rd person singular indicative active form of a particular verb. The list would include six verbs, all in the 3rd person singular: present active, imperfect active, future active, perfect active, pluperfect active and future perfect active.