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96 THE VERB.—TENSES. § 45167.—V. The Future tense expresses what willtake place in future time; as, scribam, "I shall,or will write."1. This tense is sometimes used in the sense of the imperative;as, Uques vlna, " nitrate the wine." Hor.2. The participle in tub, with the verb sum, is frequentlyused instead of the future, especially if purpose or intention issignified; as, scripiurus sum, "I am going to write." (214-8.)3. In the passive voice, the future tense expresses the futureenduring of an act that will be going on hereafter ; as, domuscedijicabitur. " the house will be building."168.—VI. The Future-perfect intimates thatan action or event .will be completed at, or before,a certain time yet future ;as, scripsero, " I shallhave written fviz, at, or before, some future timeor event.1. This tense, sometimes called the future subjunctive,properly belongs to the indicative mood, both in significationand construction. For the future subjunctive, see 170-1.2. Though the proper rendering of this tense be shall have,yet, generally, the have, or the shall, and frequently both, areomitted ;as, qui Antonium oppresserit, is helium confecerit, " hewho shall cut off Antony, shall put an end to the war."3. This tense is also used imperatively ; as, memineris in," remember thou ;" ille viderit, "let him see to it."4. The future perfect, in the passive voice, has two forms,made up of the perfect participle, and ero, orfuero. The firstdenotes the enduring of an act that will be completed in futuretime indefinitely ; as, domus cedijicdtu erit, " the house will bebuilt;" the second denotes the enduring of an act to be completedat, or before, a certain future time; as, domus cediftcdtafuerit, " the house will have been built.''§ 45. TENSES OF THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.169.—The tenses of the subjunctive mood are the Present,the Imperfect, the Perfect, and the Pluperfect.