subjunctive
noun[S]
languagespecializeduk/səbˈdʒʌŋk.tɪv/us/səbˈdʒʌŋk.tɪv/in somelanguages, averbformthat refers toactionsthat arepossibilitiesratherthanfacts:
(某些语言中动词的)虚拟式In thesentence"IwishI wererich", theverb"were" isin thesubjunctive.句子 I wish I were rich 中的动词 were 是虚拟式。
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- art
- bare infinitive
- bent
- continuous
- infinitive
- non-progressive
- participle
- passive
- passivization
- pluperfect
- present
- present participle
- progressive
- the active voice
- the first person
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the present continuous
- the third person