Subjunctive imperfect
Formation of the subjunctive imperfect is very simple: We add to the infitive the subjunctive endings:
active voice : -m, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt
passive voice : -r, -ris, -tur, -mur, -mini, -ntur
Examples :
I conjugation: voco, vocare, vocant:
person | singular | plural |
1 | vocarem | vocaremus |
2 | vocares | vocaretis |
3 | vocaret | vocarent |
II conjugation: video, videre, vident:
person | singular | plural |
1 | viderem | videremus |
2 | videres | videretis |
3 | videret | viderent |
In the IV conjugation: venio, venire:
person | singular | plural |
1 | venirem | veniremus |
2 | venires | veniretis |
3 | veniret | venirent |
III conjugation, regular verbs:
person | singular | plural |
1 | mitterem | mitteremus |
2 | mitteres | mitteretis |
3 | mitteret | mitterent |
III conjugation:
person | singular | plural |
1 | facerem | faceremus |
2 | faceres | faceretis |
3 | faceret | facerent |
The verb sum, esse :
person | singular | plural |
1 | essem | essemus |
2 | esses | essetis |
3 | esset | essent |
The other verbs are also regular :
posse > possem, abesse > abessem, velle > vellem, nolle > nollem, malle > mallem, ire > irem, abire > abirem, ferre > ferrem.
A sort of exception is fieri : fierem.
The passive voice has regular passive endings :
person | singular | plural |
1 | vocarer | vocaremur |
2 | vocareris | vocaremini |
3 | vocaretur | vocarentur |