past subjunctive

In the past subjunctive all the concords are low toned.

For the past subjunctive (were in place of was), see English subjunctive.

Inversion with were as simple past subjunctive: Were you here, .

Another uses the phrase if only with a verb in the past or past subjunctive, e.g.

If I were (past subjunctive) you, I would study for the exam tomorrow.

The past subjunctive were is negated like the indicative (were not, weren't).

The same endings are used in the past subjunctive, attached to the present subjunctive stem.

The conditional mood corresponds mostly to "would" or "should" or to the past subjunctive in English.

The past subjunctive may be used with "if... then" statements with the conditional mood.

The second, however, expresses a counterfactual circumstance connected with the present, and therefore contains (or should contain) a past subjunctive.

The past subjunctive exists as a distinct form only for the verb be, which has the form were throughout:

Inversion with were in compound forms of the past subjunctive: Were he to shoot, .

After all of the above expressions (though not normally it's (high) time) the past subjunctive were may be used instead of was:

However would, should, could and might can in some contexts be regarded as past subjunctives of will, shall, can and may respectively.

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Sea lo que fuera (present subjunctive + past subjunctive): "Whatever it were."

(past subjunctive, which appears the same in UK English as the past)

This is sometimes called the "past subjunctive", particularly in the case of were, which can replace was in such sentences; see English subjunctive.

The only subjunctive form used in everyday speech is vore, the past subjunctive of vara ("to be").

When used independently, the past subjunctive indicates a regret related to a past-accomplished action that is seen as undesirable at the moment of speaking:

(Past subjunctive + past pluperfect subjunctive): "Whatever/no matter what it may have been".

The past tense (simple past or past progressive) of the condition clause is historically the past subjunctive.

The past subjunctive is used to express hypotheses about the present or future: it is used to describe unreal or hypothetical conditions.

Past Subjunctive (Il congiuntivo passato)

In the past subjunctive an assimilated infix -a- affects all the concords, resulting in what is sometimes called the "auxiliary concord."