In All’s well that ends …, we are once again backstage at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. We will tackle the imperfect and the pluperfect subjunctive as we continue delving into the sequence of tenses. If the verb in the main clause is in a past tense or in a tense of the conditional, we will use either the imperfect or the pluperfect subjunctive. It’s all a question of when the two actions take place in relation to each other. What’s going on backstage? Let’s listen …
PODCAST LINK: Episode 6
Opening Night Jitters is the second in our series on the subjunctive mood. Tonight we are in Naples at the beautiful San Carlo Theatre for a performance of the Commedia dell’arte. As we learn about the present and past subjunctive, we will delve into the sequence of tenses.
We use the present subjunctive when the action in the subordinate cluase takes place at the same time or later than the action of the verb in the WHEIRDO clause, the past subjunctive when the action in the subordinate clause took place prior to the action in the WHEIRDO clause. The curtain has gone up on the First Act. Let’s listen …
PODCAST LINK: Episode 5