The passive of this tense is formed by the pluperfect of bos, to be, followed by the past participle.
V. The Subjunctive.
(a). Inflected.
Singular. Plural.
1. kerev, or carev, I may love.
1. keren, or caren, we may love.
2. kery, or cary, thou mayest love.
2. kereugh, or careugh, you may love.
3. caro, he may love.
3. carens, or carons, they may love,
(b). Impersonal form.
Mî, tî, etc., a garo.
(c). Inflected auxiliary.
Gwrellev vî (or gwrellen) cara.
And the rest as the subjunctive or imperfect of gwîl with the infinitive.
(d). Impersonal auxiliary.
Mî, tî, etc., a wrello (or wreffa) cara.
The passive of this tense is formed by the present tense of gally, to be able, followed by the infinitive bos, to be, and the past participle of the main verb:—
Mî, tî, etc., a el bos keres, I, thou, etc., may be loved.
This tense is not necessarily used after conjunctions which in other languages (Latin, for example) govern a subjunctive, but rather when uncertainty, expectation, or contingency is signified, in fact, when in English one would use may as an auxiliary. There is a good deal of confusion between this tense and the imperfect.
Re prefixed to the inflected or inflected auxiliary form of this tense makes it an optative:—
Re wrellen cara, would that I might love, etc.
