Subjunctive Obviation: an Interface Perspective
... The phenomenon illustrated in example (1) has been referred to using various
terminology. The most common are “obviation” (or “subjunctive obviation”) and
“subjunctive disjoint reference effect”. The French term “obviatif”, which the English words “obviative” and “obviation” stem from, was coined by ...
The Classification of Optatives: A Statistical Study
... to the mind, and can be expressed only by words like perhaps,
possibly, or probably, or by such vague forms as if he pleased, or if
he should try, if he could, if there should be an opportunity, etc.
Sometimes a general condition, like in any possible case, is felt to be
implied, so that the optativ ...
The subjunctive in Spanish
... Spanish has two past subjunctive forms. They are almost identical, except that where the
"first form" has -ra-, the "second form" has -se-. Both forms are usually interchangeable
although the -se- form may be more common in Spain than in other Spanish-speaking
areas. The -ra- forms may also be used ...
Transferring the Spanish Subjunctive Mood into English
... commits himself/herself to the truth about what he/she is saying, one thing that does not
happen when the speaker uses the subjunctive.
Volition, wish, doubt and negation verbs are the verbs which better fit with the
category of non-reality, future and virtuality because they indicate something that ...
Destinos: 27-52 The Main Grammar Points, and Exercises with
... Verbs in tenses of the subjunctive mood tend to be used in dependent clauses, so it is useful to
understand what a clause is. Before explaining this simple grammatical term, and the difference
between dependent and independent clauses, you should know that there are four types of
dependent clauses t ...
Destinos: 27-52 The Main Grammar Points, and Exercises with
... Verbs in tenses of the subjunctive mood tend to be used in dependent clauses, so it is useful to
understand what a clause is. Before explaining this simple grammatical term, and the difference
between dependent and independent clauses, you should know that there are four types of
dependent clauses t ...
50. Verbal mood - Semantics Archive
... approach, certain other ideas have been discussed as well. The most important of these
is the claim that verbal mood is to be understood in terms of ideas drawn from nominal
semantics, what I will label the INDEFINITE APPROACH. The indefinite approach
aims to explain mood distinctions in terms drawn ...
Introduction to the Subjunctive Mood
... The mood of a verb, sometimes known as its mode, indicates what type of role it plays in a
sentence and/or the speaker's attitude toward it. For the most part, in English as well as Spanish,
the most common verb mood is the indicative mood. In general, it is the "normal" verb form,
indicating both a ...
Distinguishing Two “Synonyms” - Cascadilla Proceedings Project
... native speakers of Spanish and asked them to choose between the use of subjunctive and indicative. In
the stimuli sentences, either mood was grammatical. While he does not report specifically on the
patterns with quizá and quizás, Studerus found that more participants chose the subjunctive for tal v ...
Presente de subjuntivo
... Unlike –AR & -ER verbs, -IR verbs that stem change in the subjunctive will
have a stem change in all six of their forms, including ‗nosotros‘ and
‗vosotros‘. However, the stem change in the ‗nosotros‘ and ‗vosotros‘ forms
may be different than the other forms. In the ‗nosotros‘ and ‗vosotros‘
forms, ...
When To Use the Subjunctive Mood
... I want John to go to the store.
(The clause "I want" tells us that the speaker feels
that there is uncertainty as to whether John goes to
the store.)
I hope that John goes to the store.
(The clause "I hope" tells us that the speaker feels
that there is uncertainty as to whether John goes to
the stor ...
Notes on the formation and usage of subjunctive
... All the verbs we have used so far,
with the exception of the
imperative, have been in the
Indicative Mood, that is, they
indicate states of affairs that are
presented as factual. Now consider
the following two sentences in
English:
I insist that he is here, and
I insist that he be here.
In the first ...
The Icelandic Subjunctive
... Phonologically, Icelandic has undergone numerous radical changes. The syntax is still similar
to Old Norse syntax, although it has changed more than the morphology.
...
湖南省第一师范学院外语系备课用纸
... mood, the alternative conditional-concessive clause may have verbs in the present subjunctive mood or
the present indefinite tense in the indicative mood. For example, Whether he succeed or fail/succeeds or
fails, we shall have to do our part. Whatever be the reasons for their action/ the reasons fo ...
Mixed (Non)veridicality and mood choice with emotive verbs
... Bulgarian); the emotive complement may be distinguished in some other way.
Veridicality and epistemic commitment predict indicative after emotives (therefore capture the languages in 3), while preference accounts address the subjunctive
in languages in group 1. The accounts are therefore at best par ...
The Grammatical Internal Evidence For Ἔχομεν In Romans 5:1
... with fear and trembling” (NASB). This verse uses ἀλλά alone to complete the μὴ
μόνον, but it may seem puzzling from the NASB (and almost all other modern
translations) why μὴ μόνον is used rather than οὐ μόνον. English versions link
Paul’s μὴ μόνον to the indicative ὑπηκούσατε (“obeyed”—as if the ap ...
THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD Introduction -
... variety of tense and aspect forms in the active and passive voice.
The imperative mood expresses a command or a request to perform an action addressed to somebody,
but not the action itself. As it does not actually denote a specific action it has no tense category; the action
always refers to the fu ...
CHAPTER 9. THE SUBJUNCTIVE 1. Uses of the subjunctive In
... It should be noted that, in the case of the verb to be, in informal English, the Simple Past
Indicative is often used instead of the Simple Past Subjunctive. For instance, the following
pair of examples shows how the same idea might be expressed in formal and informal
English.
Formal: If he were her ...
The Classification of Subjunctive
... BDF, 185.
My translation; NASB renders this subjunctive as if it were an infinitive object
clause: 'What do you wish me to do for you?'
...
Hablando de gramática
... If only … if only
The commonly used word “Ojalá” expresses an emotion. The term originated from
the Arabic meaning “Allah grant that …” Though it doesn’t translate neatly into
English, the idea expressed is “Oh, if only” or “I (we) wish that” or “I (we) hope.”
“Ojalá” expresses an emotional wish tha ...
Subjunctive mood
The subjunctive is a grammatical mood found in many languages. Subjunctive forms of verbs are typically used to express various states of unreality such as wish, emotion, possibility, judgment, opinion, obligation, or action that has not yet occurred; the precise situations in which they are used vary from language to language. The subjunctive is an irrealis mood (one that does not refer directly to what is necessarily real) – it is often contrasted with the indicative, which is a realis mood.Subjunctives occur most often, although not exclusively, in subordinate clauses, particularly that-clauses. Examples of subjunctive use can be found in the English sentences ""I suggest that you be careful"" and ""It is important that he stay by your side."" (The corresponding indicative forms of the emboldened verbs would be are and stays.)Subjunctive may be denoted by the glossing abbreviation sjv or sbjv. It is sometimes referred to as the conjunctive mood, as it is mostly found in clauses introduced by a conjunction.