subjunctive
pronunciation
How to pronounce subjunctive in British English:
UK [səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv]
How to pronounce subjunctive in American English:
US [səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv]
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- Noun:
- a mood that represent an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
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- Adjective:
- relating to a mood of verbs
Word Origin
- subjunctive (n.)
- "mood employed to denote an action or state as conceived and not as a fact," 1620s, from earlier adjectival use of subjunctive (1520s), from Late Latin subiunctivus "serving to join, connecting," from subiunct-, past participle stem of Latin subiungere "to append, add at the end, place under," from sub "under" (see sub-) + iungere "to join" (see jugular). The Latin modus subiunctivus probably is a grammarians' loan-translation of Greek hypotaktike enklisis "subordinated," so called because the Greek subjunctive mood is used almost exclusively in subordinate clauses.
Example
- 1. High school english subjunctive mood exercise and answer .
- 2. You won 't need a new alphabet or much new grammar , though you may find the language addicted to declensions and unduly fond of the subjunctive .
- 3. Scientific spirit is the subjunctive spirit of human beings which forms and develops during the long and arduous period of scientific research and exploration .
- 4. Is that the subjunctive ?
- 5. No that 's the subjunctive .