Subjunctive and the Sequence of Tenses in Italian: Concordanza dei Tempi

The video tutorial by Professor Dave covers the subjunctive mood and the sequence of tenses. It explains how the chronology of events is established by the tense in the main clause and how this affects the subordinate clause. The tutorial discusses contemporaneity, priority, and posteriority of actions, focusing on the first two due to the lack of a future tense in the subjunctive mood. It differentiates between primary and secondary tenses and provides examples of how these tenses are used in sentences, emphasizing the importance of identifying tenses to determine the correct subjunctive form.

What is the term used when two actions occur simultaneously in the main and subordinate clauses?

• Priority of action

• Contemporaneity of action

• Posteriority of action

• Subjunctive mood

Why is the future tense not used in the subjunctive mood?

• It is rarely needed

• The subjunctive mood does not have a future tense

• It is too complex to use

• It is not grammatically correct

Which of the following is a primary tense?

• Passato remoto

• Imperfect

• Present

• Condicionale passato

When using a primary tense in the main clause, which subjunctive tenses can be used in the dependent clause?

• Imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive

• Present and past subjunctive

• Future and past subjunctive

• Present and future subjunctive

What tense is used in the main clause to allow the use of the imperfect subjunctive in the dependent clause?

• Present tense

• Secondary tense

• Future tense

• Primary tense

Which of the following is an example of a secondary tense?

• Imperfect

• Future

• Imperative

• Present

In the context of sequence of tenses, what does 'priority of action' refer to?

• The action in the subordinate clause happens after the main clause

• Both actions happen simultaneously

• The action in the main clause happens before the subordinate clause

• The action in the subordinate clause happens before the main clause