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PARADIGM OF A REGULAR VERB 139 The passive of this tense is formed by the pluperfect of bos, to be, followed by the past participle. V. THE SUBJUNCTIVE. (a). Inflected. Singular. Plural. 1. kerev, or carev, I may i. keren, or caren, we may love. love. 2. kery, or cary, thou 2. kereugh, or careugh, you mayest love. may love. 3. caro, he may love. 3. carens, or carons, they may love, (b). Impersonal form. Mi, ti, etc., a garo. (c). Inflected auxiliary. Gu<rellev vi (or gwrelleri) cara. And the rest as the subjunctive or imperfect of gwtl with the infinitive. (d). Impersonal auxiliary. Mi, ti, etc., a wrello (or wreffd) cara. The passive of this tense is formed by the present tense of gaily, to be able, followed by the infinitive bos, to be, and the past participle of the main verb : Mi, ti, etc., a el bos keres, I, thou, etc., may be loved. This tense is not necessarily used after conjunctions which in other languages (Latin, for example) govern a subjunctive, but rather when uncertainty, expecta- tion, or contingency is signified, in fact, when in English one would use may as an auxiliary. There is a good deal of confusion between this tense and the imperfect. Re prefixed to the inflected or inflected auxiliary form of this tense makes it an optative : Re wrellen cara, would that I might love, etc.