Owen

[full hill]

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[dry oxide]

this here as well why subjontiviveve used heree

i should perhaps read more on the subjunctif tbh

[rugged marsh]

I’m sure that’s actually the second form of the conditional perfect. It’s identical to the subjunctive pluperfect but behaves as the conditional perfect.
Ex: Si je lui avais parlé, j’eusse su ce dont il avait besoin.
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/conditional-perfect-2/

[dry oxide]

oh i had no idea thank you for this

[pure obsidian]

basically because latin didnt have conditional

so they used pluperfect subjunctive for it

essentially

[dry oxide]

so is the "eussent échappé" connected to the s'il y avait?

[pure obsidian]

this might just be pluperfect subj tho

the normal one

yeah i think so

not 100% but eh

[rugged marsh]

The conditional perfect can be used to describe unconfirmed/hypothetical news so that’s how I took it

[pure obsidian]

could be

its a funky tense

[rugged marsh]

I didn’t know qui could trigger the subjunctive though

[pure obsidian]

ye

if it's something that you doubt actually exists

or have reason to doubt

a few things can trigger it, qui is prob 2nd most common

[dry oxide]

thank you everyone