The Subjunctive Mood has many idiomatic uses, as in commands , conditions , and various dependent clauses. It is often translated by the English Indicative; frequently by means of the auxiliaries may , might , would , should; The Latin uses the subjunctive in many cases where we use the indicative; and we use a colorless auxiliary in many cases where the Latin employs a separate verb with more definite meaning. Thus , I may write is often not scrībam (subjunctive), but licet mihi scrībere ; I can write is possum scrībere ; I would write is scrībam , scrīberem , or scrībere velim ( vellem ); I should write , ( if , etc.), scrīberem ( sī ) ..., or (implying duty) oportet mē scrībere . sometimes by the (rare) Subjunctive; sometimes by the Infinitive; and often by the Imperative, especially in prohibitions. A few characteristic examples of its use are the following:— eāmus , let us go; nē abeat , let him not depart. adsum ut videam , I am here to see (that I may see). tū nē quaesieris , do not thou inquire. beātus sīs , may you be blessed. quid morer , why should I delay? nesciō quid scrībam , I know not what to write. sī moneam , audiat , if I should warn, he would hear.