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When forming the passive voice of the imperfect subjunctive,
remove the active voice endings -m, -s, -t, -mus, -tis, -nt, and add the passive voice endings -r, -ris, -tur, -mur, -mini, -ntur. Use the same procedure as learned with indicative verbs in the imperfect tense:
regerem I ruled
regerer I am ruled
An imperfect deponent verb thus would use the infinitive. Change the i to an e and add the passive endings:
oriri to orire to orirer
When a deponent verb is in the 3rd conjugation - gradior, gradi, gressus - reconstruct the present active infinitive. gradi will lose the final i and receive ere and then the passive endings: gradereir - I walked.
The pluperfect passive subjunctive is easier. Remember how to form the pluperfect passive indicative? Use the 4th principal part of the verb and the imperfect of the verb sum. Thus for the subjunctive form, take the 4th principal part of the verb and add the imperfect subjunctive of sum: essem, esses, esset, essemus, essetis, essent.
refero, referre, rettuli, relatum - to bring back - relatum esset - it had been brought back
Joan Jahnige November 1998 (updated November 2005)
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