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Possibility and Uncertainty by Jeffery Donley, Ph.D.

The subjunctive mood designates that which is possible, uncertain, desirable, doubtful, or contrary to fact, and is also used with indirect statements. In the subjunctive mood, the personal endings are alike for every tense for every verb. In order for you to state present tense, there are two forms of the verb in the subjunctive mood. Subjunctive I is constructed on the infinitive stem.

Exercise 24

Fill in the blanks with the present tense of subjunctive I for the verb machen.

<tgroup cols="2" align="center"> <colspec colnum="1" colname="col1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <colspec colnum="2" colname="col2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. <emphasis>sie</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. <emphasis>wir</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. <emphasis>ihr</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. <emphasis>ich</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. <emphasis>du</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. <emphasis>er</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 25</h2> <p>Translate the following words.</p> <table width="100%" frame="none"> <title/> <tgroup cols="2" align="center"> <colspec colnum="1" colname="col1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <colspec colnum="2" colname="col2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. <emphasis>sichtbar</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. <emphasis>Behauptung/Bestimmung</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. <emphasis>Schicksal</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. <emphasis>Petrus</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. <emphasis>Straßenbahn</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. <emphasis>Friede</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. <emphasis>Sturm</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. <emphasis>zeitlos</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>9. <emphasis>schöpferisch</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>10. <emphasis>leidenschaftlich</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 26</h2> <p>Question 1 has been answered.</p> <p>Fill in the blanks with the present tense of subjunctive I for the verb <emphasis>sein</emphasis>.</p> <table width="100%" frame="none"> <title/> <tgroup cols="2" align="center"> <colspec colnum="1" colname="col1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <colspec colnum="2" colname="col2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. <emphasis>sein</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>to be</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. <emphasis>sie</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. <emphasis>ihr</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. <emphasis>ich</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. <emphasis>wir</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. <emphasis>er</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. <emphasis>du</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 27</h2> <p>Translate the following words.</p> <table width="100%" frame="none"> <title/> <tgroup cols="2" align="center"> <colspec colnum="1" colname="col1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <colspec colnum="2" colname="col2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. <emphasis>Räuber</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. <emphasis>Leiden</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. <emphasis>Abschnitt</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. <emphasis>Beobachtung</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. <emphasis>Fürst</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. <emphasis>Spiel</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. <emphasis>Zukunft</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. <emphasis>königlich</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>9. <emphasis>Schach</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>10. <emphasis>Wurzel</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 28</h2> <p>Subjunctive II is constructed on the past tense stem. Fill in the blanks with the present tense of subjunctive II for the verb <emphasis>machen</emphasis>. The first question has been answered. Also, translate sentences 2 and 4.</p> <table width="100%" frame="none"> <title/> <tgroup cols="2" align="center"> <colspec colnum="1" colname="col1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <colspec colnum="2" colname="col2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. <emphasis>ich</emphasis></p> <p><emphasis>machte</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <entry namest="col1" nameend="col2"><p>2. <emphasis>Wenn sie nur hier wäre!</emphasis></p></td> </tr> <tr> <entry namest="col1" nameend="col2"><p>   ___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. <emphasis>sie</emphasis></p> <p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <entry namest="col1" nameend="col2"><p>4. <emphasis>Sie sieht aus, als ob sie müde sei</emphasis>.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <entry namest="col1" nameend="col2"><p>   ___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. <emphasis>du</emphasis></p> <p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. <emphasis>wir</emphasis></p> <p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. <emphasis>ihr</emphasis></p> <p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. <emphasis>er</emphasis></p> <p>________________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 29</h2> <p>Translate the following words.</p> <table width="100%" frame="none"> <title/> <tgroup cols="2" align="center"> <colspec colnum="1" colname="col1" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <colspec colnum="2" colname="col2" colwidth="50%" colsep="0" rowsep="0" align="left"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. <emphasis>Kühlung</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. <emphasis>Stuhl</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. <emphasis>gebildet</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. <emphasis>Mauer</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. <emphasis>Vorurteil</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. <emphasis>Opfer</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. <emphasis>Bürger</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. <emphasis>Grad</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>9. <emphasis>Titel</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>10. <emphasis>Feuchtigkeit</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 30</h2> <p>With the subjunctive mood, you only state past action in the compound tenses. When the auxiliary verb in the present perfect, past perfect, future, or future perfect tense is modified to the subjunctive form, you create compound tenses.</p> <p>Translate the following according to the given tense. Some of the answers have been provided.</p> <ul> <li><p>Future Perfect:________________ he will have been made</p></li> <li><p>Future Perfect:________________ you will have been made</p></li> <li><p>Future Perfect: <emphasis>ich werde gemacht haben</emphasis></p></li> <li><p>Future:________________ he will make</p></li> <li><p>Future:________________ you will make</p></li> <li><p>Future<emphasis>: ich werde machen</emphasis></p></li> <li><p>Past Perfect:________________ he had made</p></li> <li><p>Past Perfect:________________ you had made</p></li> <li><p>Past Perfect: <emphasis>ich hätte gemacht</emphasis></p></li> <li><p>Present Perfect:________________ he had made</p></li> <li><p>Present Perfect:________________ you had made</p></li> <li><p>Present Perfect: <emphasis>ich habe gemacht</emphasis></p></li> </ul> <h2>Exercise 31</h2> <p>Translate the following words and write a sentence in German using each word. The first line is for the translation and the second line is for your sentence.</p> <ul> <li><p>1.                    _______<emphasis>gelb</emphasis></p> <p>___________</p></li> <li><p>2.                  _______ <emphasis>Ratte</emphasis></p> <p>___________</p></li> <li><p>3.                  _______ <emphasis>Leiter</emphasis></p> <p>___________</p></li> <li><p>4.                  _______ <emphasis>Übung</emphasis></p> <p>___________</p></li> <li><p>5.                  _______ <emphasis>Liebe</emphasis></p> <p>___________</p></li> <li><p>6.                  _______ <emphasis>Gespräch</emphasis></p> <p>___________</p></li> <li><p>7.                  _______ <emphasis>Blatt</emphasis></p> <p>___________</p></li> <li><p>8.                  _______ <emphasis>Befehl</emphasis></p> <p>___________</p></li> <li><p>9.                  _______ <emphasis>Schweiz</emphasis></p> <p>___________</p></li> <li><p>10.                  _______ <emphasis>Persönlichkeit</emphasis></p> 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