1. Conditional Basics CONDITIONAL CLAUSES IN ENGLISH AND LATIN WHAT’S A “CONDITION?”

2. Conditionals in English  If it doesn’t snow again, I will be very angry.  If you paid a lot of money for that shirt, the salesperson deceived you.  If I walk 12,000 steps today, I reach my goal.  If the students did not study for the test, they failed.  If Wayde had called last night to cancel school, I would be very happy.  If you didn’t clean up your mess, your mother didn’t allow you to go to the mall. EACH SENTENCE CONTAINS A “CONDITIONAL CLAUSE” IN A VARIETY OF VERB TENSES. PUT PARENTHESIS AROUND EACH (CONDITIONAL CLAUSE) ABOVE i.e WHICH PART OF THE SENTENCE EXPRESSES THE CONDITION.

3. CONDITIONALS IN LATIN  Conditional clauses/sentences in Latin can ALSO utilize all the tenses that we have learned so far.  Conditional sentences in Latin do NOT contain subjunctive verbs i.e. this is NOT a use of the subjunctive.  Sī illud dīxistī, erravistī – If you said that, you were wrong.  Sī filius meus mortuus est, fundum libertīs legō – If my son is dead, I leave the farm to his freedmen.  Many times, the Latin uses the future or the future perfect tense in the conditional clause BUT we translate those tenses in the PRESENT for a more polished, English sentence.  Sī tu mihi nocu eris, ego tibi nocebō – If you harm me, I will harm you.  Sī pompam spectā bis, delectāberis – If you watch the parade, you will be delighted. OUR GOAL : POLISHED, NATURAL, GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT ENGLISH!