Secunda · Unit 7 · Lesson 3

Gaudeāmus: the subjunctive on its own

Let us, let him, what am I to do, if only: the subjunctive in a main clause.

You will be able to

  • Translate hortatory and jussive subjunctives
  • Recognize a deliberative question
  • Translate wishes with utinam

New words

  • utinam if only, would that
  • igitur therefore, then
  • vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctum to live, be aliveEnglish: vivid, revive
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