Result Clauses

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Result Clauses
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Result Clauses

• The Result Clause indicates the outcome of the
  action in the main clause.
• Purpose reason for the actionResult
  outcome of the action
• Frequently indicated by adjectives or adverbs of
  degree in the main clause, ut, and a
  subjunctive verb in the dependent clause.

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Result Clauses

• A result clause is another use of the subjunctive
  mood in a dependent clause.
• The Result Clause will always appear subordinate
  to the main/independent clause in a Latin
  sentence.

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Indicators

• Positive
• tantus so much, so great
• ita, sic so
• tam so
• Negative
• non, nihil, nemo, numquam, nullus

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English Examples

• He smelled so bad that we had to leave.
• They do so much work that they finish early every
  day.

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Latin Examples

• Tanta cum celeritate cucurrit, ut amicum
  sequeretur
• (He ran with such great speed that he caught up
  with his friend.)
• Tanta cum celeritate cucurrit, ut nemo eum
  sequeretur
• (He ran with such great speed that no one caught
  up with him. )
• Practice alone/in pairs (3 min)
• illi adulescentes quidem erant tam dissimiles ut
  nemo putaret eos esse fratres.
• ingenium Caesaris fuit tam acre ut ne ab hostibus
  durissimis quidem molliri posset.