PA Dutch 101 Video 41 The Subjunctive Mood

PA Dutch 101 Video 41: The Subjunctive Mood. Subjunctive.

Subjunctive Mood • The Subjunctive is used to express unreal conditions – things which might be true under other circumstances, but that are not true now. • Wann ich meh Geld hett, daet ich en nei-i Maschien kaafe. • If I had more money, I would buy a new car.

Subjunctive Mood • The Subjunctive of most verbs is formed by combining daet with an infinitive; this infinitive comes at the end of the clause. ich du er/sie/es daetscht daet mir dihr sie daete

Subjunctive Mood • • • A few example sentences: Ich daet sell mache, wann ich meh Zeit hett. I would do that, if I had more time. Daetscht du sell esse? Would you eat that?

Special Subjunctive Verbs • A few verbs, however, have a single-form subjunctive that uses the following endings: ich du er/sie/es -t -tscht -t mir dihr sie -t -te

Special Subjunctive Verbs • Here is a list of verbs that have single-form subjunctive: • brauche – breicht (would need) • daerfe – daerft (would be allowed) • duh – daet (would do) • geh – gengt (would go) • gewwe – geebt (would give) • hawwe – hett (would have)

Special Subjunctive Verbs • • • kenne – kennt (would be able to) meege – meecht (would like) misse – misst (would have to) solle – sett (should) wisse – wisst (would know) wolle – wett (would want)

Sei • As usual, SEI has its own rules for Subjunctive. It conjugates thus: ich waer mir du waerscht dihr er/sie/es waer sie waert waere

If. . . then Clauses • Many Subjunctive Sentences use “If. . . then” clauses: • If I would have more time, then I would travel. • To do this in PD, use WANN and the following equation: • WANN – Subject – Other Stuff – VERB/DAET, DAET/VERB – Subject – Other Stuff – VERB. • Wann ich meh Zeit hett, daet ich reese.

Iewing - Practice • If Steve would drink coffee, then he would not sleep much. • Wann der Steve Kaffi drinke daet, daet er net viel schlofe. • If he would want it, he would have it. • Wann er es wett, hett er es. • If Dave would bring the game, we would be happy. • Wann der Dave es Schpiel bringe daet, waere mir froh!

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