Passive Subjunctive: amer, amarer
The same subjunctive jobs, with the subject receiving the action.
How It Works
| Tense | amare | ducere |
|---|---|---|
| present | amer, ameris, ametur | ducar, ducaris, ducatur |
| imperfect | amarer, amareris, amaretur | ducerer, ducereris, duceretur |
| perfect | amatus sim | ductus sim |
| pluperfect | amatus essem | ductus essem |
The participle agrees with the subject, so a woman is amata sim. The plural forms end in -mur and -ntur: amemur, amentur.
The jobs are the same as in the active: purpose, a reported question, a wish. Only the subject changes. It is now the one who receives the action, and the doer is a or ab with the ablative.
Examples (5)
- Oramus ut exaudiamur.
We pray that we may be heard.
Exaudiamur is the present passive subjunctive of exaudio. The ending -mur shows the passive.
- Puer tacet ne a magistro reprehendatur.
The boy is quiet so that he is not scolded by the teacher.
Reprehendatur is the present passive subjunctive. The doer is a magistro.
- Muros aedificaverunt ne urbs caperetur.
They built walls so that the city would not be captured.
Caperetur is the imperfect passive subjunctive of capio, after the past main verb aedificaverunt.
- Nescio quis a te laudatus sit.
I do not know who has been praised by you.
Laudatus sit is the perfect passive subjunctive: the participle plus sit.
- Rogavit cur Iulia a patre vocata esset.
He asked why Iulia had been called by her father.
Vocata esset is the pluperfect passive subjunctive. Vocata is feminine to agree with Iulia.
Common Mistakes
Using the active ending where the passive is needed.
Oramus ut exaudiamus.Oramus ut exaudiamur.Exaudiamus is correct Latin for a different meaning: that we may hear. To say that we may be heard, end the verb in -mur.
Leaving the participle in the wrong gender.
Rogavit cur Iulia vocatus esset.Rogavit cur Iulia vocata esset.In the perfect and the pluperfect the participle agrees with the subject, here feminine Iulia.
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The passive subjunctive is the active one with passive endings.
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