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The New Latin Primer.
DEPENDENT SENTENCES.
The Sequence of Tenses.
§ 386. Primary Sequence.—
| Ōrăt mē ŭt sĭbĭ parcam | He entreats me to spare him. |
| Tĭmĕō nĕ peccāvĕrīs | I fear you have done wrong (also I fear you did wrong). |
| Vĭdĕō quĭd factūrŭs sīs(§ 232) | I see what you will do. |
| Nōn effĭcĭĕt ut vĕnĭam | He will not induce me to come. |
| Edāmŭs ut vīvāmŭs | Let us eat to live. |
| Făcĭlĕ dīcam quĭd vĕlĭt | I could easily say what he wants. |
| Rŏgā quĭd vērē sentĭăt | Ask what he really thinks. |
§ 387. Secondary Sequence.—
| Ōrāvit mē ut sĭbĭ parcĕrem | He entreated me to spare him. |
| Timēbam nē peccassēs | I was afraid you had done wrong. |
| Vīdīquĭd factūrus essēs (§232) | I saw what you would do. |
| Nōn effēcĕrăt ŭt vĕnirem | He had not induced me to come. |
| Făcĭlĕ dīxissem quĭd vellĕ | I could easily said what he wanted. |
| Dīcĭs tē rŏgāssĕ quĭd vērē sentīrĕt | You say that you asked what he really thought. |
§ 388. Note the following differences from English :
{a) The Imperfect Subjunctive in Conditional statements, even when it refers to present time [§ 242(a)], takes Secondary tenses.
| Nĭsĭ ĭneptum pŭtārem, iūrārem mē ĕă sentīrĕ quae dicĕem | If I did not think it out of place, I would take an oath that I believe what I say. |
(b) The Present in General Statements (§ 177) is usually changed to the Imperfect after Secondary tenses.
| Dē phĭlŏsŏphĭā quantō ŏpĕrĕ expĕtendă essĕt ĭn ălĭo lĭbrō dissĕrŭimŭs | We discussed in another treatise how greatly philosophy is to be sought after. |
(c) The Perfect Subjunctive, when it refers to the Future (§§ 225 (C), 240), of course takes Primary tenses.
