Vocabulary
feather
penna (pinna)
1st person singular, present subjunctive, "to run"
curram
this clause begins with ut or ne and answer "why?"
purpose clause
1st person singular, present subjunctive, "to praise"
lauder
the two sequences
primary and secondary
before (time)
prae
2nd person plural, imperfect subjunctive, "to say" or "to tell"
diceretis
this clause uses signal words in the main clause
result clause
second person singular, imperfect subjunctive, "to drag"
trahereris
primary sequence uses one of these three tenses for the main verb
present, future, future perfect
best
optimus
3rd person singular, pluperfect subjunctive, "to hear"
audivisset
this clause follows a head verb and begins with an interrogative pronoun, adjective, or adverb
indirect question
third person singular, pluperfect subjunctive, "to carry back"
relatus/relata/relatum esset
to rise
orior
3rd person plural, perfect subjunctive, "to teach"
docuerint
these are the three degrees of adjectives and adverbs
positive, comparative, superlative
third person plural, perfect subjunctive, "to seize"
capti/captae/capta sint
The present and perfect subjunctives are used in this sequence
primary
seat
sedes
1st person plural, imperfect subjunctive, "to follow"
sequeremur
this subordinate clause usually features a noun and a participle in the same case
ablative absolute
2nd person plural, pluperfect subjunctive, "to throw"
iacti/iactae essetis
The imperfect and pluperfect subjunctives are used in this sequence
secondary