Unit 14
Pluperfect Subjunctive
PLUPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE
The Pluperfect Subjunctive consists of
the whole 3rd principal part + SSE + personal ending
so:
AMO, AMARE, AMAVI, AMATUS
AMAVISSEM
AMAVISSES
AMAVISSET
AMAVISSEMUS
AMAVISSETIS
AMAVISSENT
How you translate a subjunctive, as always, depends on the kind of clause in which you find it. But often, like in a Purpose Clause, it is just translated as an indicative verb, so "had VERBed:.