Satyricon!

Advanced Latin (201, 301, 401)

• The subjunctive mood typically describes feelings, thoughts, intentions, etc. (i.e., less than factual assertions). It is very commonly used in dependent clauses but also has independent uses. See A&G 157b, 162, 438-447, 480-485, 580, 592-593
  
  
• There are (thank god) only 4 tenses of the subjunctive: the Present, Imperfect, Perfect and Pluperfect.
  
  
• Formation of the Present Subjunctive for the First Conjugation
  • Easy way: change the long a (ä) to long e (ë) in the endings
  • Philologically correct way: change the long a (ä) on the stem to long e (ë) and add endings.

paradigm of present subjunctive of negö, äre, ävï, ätus

negem	nëgëmus
negës	negëtis
neget	negent

nb: the 1s pres subj act ending "m" can be explained in copious phonetic detail, or you can just memorize it.