The subjunctive is often used when we talk about unreal or imagined situations.

语通常用于不真实或是想象出来的情景中。

Strictly, the subjunctive requires " be shaped" rather than " is" .

严格地说，语是“be shaped”，而不是“is”。

If you use the subjunctive mood, it's more formal, basically.

如你使用语，它就更正式。

And that is when we use the " Subjunctive mood" .

这就是我们使用“语”的时候。

If you want to look it up, it's called a subjunctive, but trust me.

如你想查一下，它叫做语，但是相信我。

The technical term for this is a subjunctive.

这方面的专业术语是语。

In both these cases, the phrases are followed by the past subjunctive form of the verb.

在以上两例中，‘Would it be alright if… ？' 和 would it be OK if 之后的动词用语（过去式）。

However, we can still use the subjunctive in certain situations.

但是，在某种特定的情况下，我们依然会用语。

The subjunctive mood isn't super common these days.

现在语已经不常见。

If you want to read more about this structure, it's called Conditional Type 2, subjunctive mood.

如你想知道更多关于这个结构的知识，它叫做第二条件句，语。

Strictly speaking, get is wrong, but in spoken English we often ignore subjunctives.

严格来说，get 是错的，但是在英语口语中，我们经常忽略语。

Now let's talk about verbs and phrases that are followed by the subjunctive.

现在让我们来谈谈后面跟语的动词和短语。

Well, to talk about the subjunctive mood, first, we need to know what the indicative mood is.

要讲语，首先，我们需要知道什么是陈述语。

In terms of grammar, I want to practice the third conditional. I want to also learn about the subjunctive.

在语法方面，我想练习第三条件句。我还想学习语。

The subjunctive mood is slowly being replaced by that indicative mood. Why?

语正慢慢被陈述语所取代。为什么？

Yeah, it's time we finished — that's a subjunctive.

是时候结束——这是语。

Sentences in the subjunctive mood often contain multiple clauses.

使用语句子通常包含多个从句。

And finally, we still use subjunctive forms in certain fixed expressions, for example: God save the Queen.

最后我们还会用在一些固定搭配中用语。例如，主佑我女王！

The Guardian style guide endorses the subjunctive, which " can add elegance to your writing" .

《卫报》风格指南支持语，它“可以为你的写作增添优雅”。

You use the phrase, if I were when using the subjunctive mood, this is used to talk about hypothetical situations.

你在使用语的时候才会使用“if I were”，语用于谈论假设的情况。