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junctive.—If an action is marked as finished, a Completed tense must be used.

vĕrĕŏr nē fūgĕrĭt	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	I fear he has run away, or I fear he ran away.
vĕrēbăr nē fūgissĕt		I feared he had run away.
vĕrĕŏr nē fŭgĕrĭt		I fear he will have run away.

If it is not marked as finished, an Incomplete tense must be used.

vĕrĕŏr nē fŭgĭăt	I fear he is running away.
vĕrēbăr nē fŭgĕrĕt	I feared he was running away.
vĕrĕŏr nē fŭgĭăt	I fear he will run away .

§ 232. Periphrastic Future Subjunctive.—The Future Participle Active with sim is used in Dependent sentences of actions which are future to the time of the Principal sentence:

rŏgō	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	quĭd factūrŭs sīs	I shall ask	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	what you will do
rŏgābō,			I shall ask
rŏgāvĕrō			I shall have asked

After Secondary tenses essem is used:

roāvī	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	quĭd factūrŭs essēs	I asked	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	what you would do
rŏgābam			I had asked
rŏgāvĕram			I was asking

This form is used to prevent ambiguity: rŏgō quĭd facĭās would mean I ask what you' ARE DOING, rŏgāvī quĭd făcĕrēs I asked what you WERE DOING.

Negatives in Dependent Sentences.

§ 233. The Negative in Dependent Sentences is non. But nē is used- (a) In Final sentences; dandă ŏpĕră est ŭt ĕă rēs aut prōsĭt aut nē obsĭt rĕi pūblĭcae we must take care that that circumstance may either be of advantage or not of disadvantage to the state; praefīnīstī quō nē plūrĭs ĕmĕren you prescribed (a sum) for more than which I should not buy (it).