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Dependent Sentences.
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(3) Dependent Questions: quĭd fŭtūrum sĭt rŏgō: I ask what is going-to-happen.

(4) Some sentences introduced by ŭt and nē as Objects of Verbs of entreating, commanding, etc., and as Subjects to est, accĭdĭt, etc.: pĕtō ā tē ŭt ăbĕās (nē ăbĕās) I ask you to go away (not to go away).[1]

(5) Sentences introduced by , etc., expressing the object of a Verb of fearing: tĭmĕo nē mŏrĭăr I am afraid that I shall die.

English Substantival Sentences after Verbs of saying, etc., are expressed in Latin by the Inf. (§ 206).

§ 215. Adjectival Clauses.—These are always introduced by a Relative, which defines some Noun in the Principal Clause: lōcŭs quem dēlēgi, ŭbŭ cōnstĭtī the place which I chose (and) where I stood.

|§216. Adverbial Clauses—These qualify Verbs or Adjectives in the Principal Clause, and are introduced by a Conjunction. See § 102.

They are of the following kinds:—

(1) Local sentences, showing the Place where, whence, whither: ŭbĭ, quā, quō, undē.

(2) Temporal sentences, showing the Time when, during, which, until, after, before, etc. : cum, ŭt when, dum, postquam, etc.

(3) Modal sentences, showing the Manner in which : ŭt as, quăsĭ as if, etc.

(4) Causal sentences, showing the Cause, because, since: quŏd because, quĭă, etc.

(5) Consecutive sentences, showing the Consequence or Result : ŭt so that, etc.

(6) Final sentences, showing the End (Lat. fīnīs) or Purpose: ŭt in order that, etc.

(7) Conditional sentences, showing the Condition, if: sī, etc.

  1. For the sentences in (4) see §§ 396, 397, 454 (2).