If He Comes: si venerit

Level 5

If he comes: si plus the future perfect, then the future.

How It Works

Kind	If-part	Main part	Example
future, likely	future perfect	future	Si venerit, ridebit.
future, less likely	present subjunctive	present subjunctive	Si veniat, rideat.
not true now	imperfect subjunctive	imperfect subjunctive	Si veniret, rideret.
not true in the past	pluperfect subjunctive	pluperfect subjunctive	Si venisset, risisset.

The form venerit looks like the perfect subjunctive, but after si in a future condition it is the future perfect.

The two halves name events in order, so the if-part comes first in time. A plain condition about the present uses the present indicative, as you learned at Level 3: Si venit, rideo.

Examples (5)

Si Marcus venerit, Iulia ridebit.
If Marcus comes, Iulia will laugh.
Venerit is the future perfect, and ridebit is the future.
Si hoc feceris, laetus ero.
If you do this, I will be glad.
Feceris is the future perfect of facio. English uses the present.
Si pluet, domi manebimus.
If it rains, we will stay at home.
Pluet is the future of pluit, and manebimus is also in the future.
Si habueritis fidem sicut granum sinapis, dicetis monti huic: Transi hinc illuc.
If you have faith like a grain of mustard, you will say to this mountain: Move from here to there.
Matthew 17:19 (17:20 in most Bibles today). Habueritis is the future perfect, and dicetis is the future.
Si sacerdos venerit, missa celebrabitur.
If the priest comes, Mass will be celebrated.
Celebrabitur is the future passive. The if-part is the future perfect venerit.

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The more vivid future condition uses the future perfect.

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