On the Place of the Outermost Sphere
Latin Grammar: Hortatory Subjunctive
Antequam loquamur de hac immobilitate, dicamus quid sit locus caeli. Intelligamus convexum caeli.
The Hortatory Subjunctive is one of the independent uses of the subjunctive. In the present tense, as above, the hortatory subjunctive expresses a command and is made negative by ne. The perfect tense is used mainly for prohibitions (negative commands). The second person is used to express an indefinite subject rather than a direct order, which would instead be expressed by the imperative. Translate the following English sentences into Latin to practice the hortatory subjunctive.