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

The video tutorial by Professor Dave explains the sequence of tenses in the subjunctive mood, focusing on contemporaneity and priority of action. It differentiates between primary and secondary tenses and provides examples of how these tenses are used in sentences. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of understanding the correlation between actions in the main and subordinate clauses, and how the tense in the main clause affects the choice of tenses in the subjunctive.

What is the main focus when studying the sequence of tenses?

• The use of adjectives in a sentence

• The correlation between actions in main and subordinate clauses

• The order of words in a sentence

• The pronunciation of verbs

Which term describes actions happening at the same time in main and subordinate clauses?

• Priority

• Futurity

• Contemporaneity

• Posteriority

Why is posteriority not a focus in the subjunctive mood?

• It is only used in poetry

• It is not used in modern language

• The subjunctive mood does not have a future tense

• It is too complex to understand

Which of the following is a primary tense?

• Imperfect

• Passato remoto

• Present

• Condicionale passato

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

• Future and past subjunctive

• Present and future subjunctive

• Present and past subjunctive

• Imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive

What subjunctive tense is used with a main clause in a secondary tense for contemporaneous action?

• Future subjunctive

• Imperfect subjunctive

• Past subjunctive

• Present subjunctive

In the context of priority, what happens to the action in the dependent clause?

• It does not happen at all

• It happens before the main clause

• It happens at the same time as the main clause

• It happens after the main clause