The Preterit Continued

Question

Below is an outline depicting how tense and mood is related.

The type is too small - blurrs out when I expand it. But I think it is a table showing what moods are used in each tense. Thanks! - Noetol, Jan 28, 2013

I'M sory but if cut n paste this link You can seethe outline @ http://s1201.beta.photobucket.com/user/bigt95nt011037/media/Outline_zps66d70dac.png.html - bigt95, Jan 28, 2013

Answer 1

Personally, that chart looks like gibberish. I would throw it away, and then throw dirt on top of it.

It states that moods are a subcategory of preterite, and that perfect, among others, is a subcategory of moods

Also, that moods are a subcategory of future, and that perfect is one of several subcategories of mood.

Really?

Maybe this was the author's first attempt at using bullet points, or a keyboard with a tab key?

Honestly, I'd think picking any random verb, and looking at it in the conjugator on this site (or almost any site) would provide a much better overview.

Respectfully, I've honestly never seen a more non-sensical chart..

I think I liked that chart better when it was small and blurry

There are many people much more knowledgeable than me here, but if I had to hazard a guess, I'd say your original question, which seemed quite apples to oranges, is understandable, if your source of reference was the link in your comment above. It's a VeRY strange chart.

I hope someone better than me can shed some light here.