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Νομἰζω ὀτι βρἰκα ἐνα δεἰγμα της υποτακτικἠς. Τουλἀχιστον ταιριἀζει την περιγραφἠ σε Holton, p. 205: Τι καλἀ που θα ἠταν να μην ἐβρισκα εκεἰ ... Please, someone, tell me if this is actually the case. |
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I'm not quite sure what Greek subjunctives have to do with your question, since your example is essentially a contrary-to-fact condition: Τι καλά που θα ήταν να μην έβρισκα εκεί ... = How good it would be for me not to be here ... [but I am, in fact, here] -or- How good it would be if I were not here ... [but I am here] Note that neither θα ήταν nor έβρισκα are subjunctive mood. Your example is analogous to those in Lesson 93, which deals with contrary-to-fact ("unreal") conditions, where the imperfect indicative and the conditional are used to form such sentences. Regards, Greg Brush |
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I stupidly omitted the word την before ἐβρισκα. Does it make more sense this way? Even if it doesn't, thanks for your help. |
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Uh-h-h, yes, it makes a difference: Τι καλά που θα ήταν να μην την έβρισκα εκεί ... = How good it would be that I didn't find her here ... -or- How good it would be for me not to find her here ... However, some of this misunderstanding is my fault, since without the expressed object την, I mistakenly took the sense of the verb βρίσκω here to be middle, "I found myself, I was located (at)". However, active voice βρίσκω actually means "I find (something)". In any event, imperfect έβρισκα is still not subjunctive. Regards, Greg Brush |
