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Qui and the subjunctive after sunt qui, nemo est qui, quis est qui.

How It Works

Latin	Meaning
sunt qui dicant	there are people who say
erant qui negarent	there were people who denied
nemo est qui sciat	there is no one who knows
quis est qui neget?	who is there who would deny it?
non is sum qui fugiam	I am not the kind of person to run away

The main verb sets the tense: a present main verb takes the present subjunctive, and a past main verb takes the imperfect.

English often says who would or who could. Listen for a kind of person, not a particular person.

Sunt qui dicant.
There are people who say so.
Sunt qui is followed by the present subjunctive dicant.
Erant qui hoc negarent.
There were people who denied this.
The main verb erant is past, so negarent is imperfect subjunctive.
Nemo est qui hoc non sciat.
There is no one who does not know this.
The clause tells what kind of person nobody is.
Quis est qui haec neget?
Who is there who would deny this?
Neget is the present subjunctive of nego.
Non is sum qui fugiam.
I am not the kind of person to run away.
Qui fugiam describes a kind of person: fugiam is the present subjunctive.

Using the indicative after nemo est qui.
Nemo est qui hoc non scit.
Nemo est qui hoc non sciat.
In classical prose a clause that says what kind of person is described stands in the subjunctive. Use sciat.

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A relative clause can take the subjunctive.

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