What are the main types of conditionals in Latin? How do you construct them? How do you translate them?

If you are translating into English from Latin, conditional sentences are identified by either si or nisi of it is a negative statement, translated as if or unless respectively. Once that has been spotted, you have identidfied the conditional part of the clause, which is either followed or preceded by the main clause. The way in which the type of conditional clause governs the verb forms that follow can be complicated; however, here is a table to simplify it. The difference between open and remote clauses is that remote clauses contain a 'would' or 'were to' in the each clause (e.g. if I were to eat this food, I would no longer be hungry).
Types of conditionals: How to form:Present open si ... present indicative, present indicativeFuture open si ... present/future indicative, future indicativePast open si ... imperfect/ perfect indicative, imperfect/ perfect indicativePresent remote si ... imperfect subjunctive, imperfect subjunctiveFuture remote si ... present subjunctive(/ future perfect), present subjunctivePast remote si ... pluperfect subjunctive, pluperfect subjunctive


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