| Subordinating Conjunction | Mood of Verb in Dependent Clause | Clause Name | English Equivalent of Clause Marker |
| antequam/priusquam | indicative | time | before they did _____ |
| antequam/priusquam | subjunctive | time+anticipation* | before they could _____ |
| cum | indicative | time/temporal | when/whenever |
| cum | subjunctive | circumstance | when |
| cum | subjunctive | cause | since/because |
| cum | subjunctive | concession | although |
| dum | indicative | time | while/as long as |
| dum | subjunctive | time+anticipation* | until/as long as |
| postquam | indicative | time | after |
| quamquam/etsi | indicative | concession | although |
| quam | indicative | comparison | than |
| quasi | indicative | comparison | as if |
| quasi | subjunctive | comparison+anticipation* | as if |
| quia/quod/quoniam | indicative | cause (on authority of speaker/writer) | because |
| quia/quod | subjunctive | cause (on authority of another) | because |
| si, nisi/ni, sin | indicative | simple condition | if (if not, but if, whether … or) |
| sive… sive | subjunctive | condition+probability* | if (if not, but if, whether … or) |
| simul ac | indicative | time/temporal | as soon as |
| ubi | indicative | time/temporal | when/as soon as |
| ubi | indicative | place | where |
| unde | indicative | place | from which place/whence |
| ut** | indicative | time | when/as |
| ut | indicative | comparison | as |
| ut/ne** | subjunctive | purpose | in order that/in order that not/lest |
| ut/non | subjunctive | result | that/that not |
*These subjunctives add the extra notion of probability and/or anticipation.
**Note that the clause markers ‘ut’ and ‘ne’ can also mark noun clauses.