12.04.26: Level 3; Subjunctive [19] independent uses [3] deliberative [v] Latin tutorial

KEY POINTS: deliberative subjunctive

• from dēlīberō, -āre [1]: weigh carefully, consider, debate
• Used in direct questions to express mental weighing or hesitation about what action should be (or should have been) taken.
• Present subjunctive: deliberation occurring now (current or future consideration)
• Imperfect subjunctive: deliberation that occurred then (consideration in the past)
• The perfect subjunctive is not used for deliberation, because dēlīberāre describes a mental process that happens before an action, not after it.