Linguistics Features section suggestions for improvement I think this section could be improved by adding a detailed discussion of What happened to the verb tenses moods etc of Classical Latin in the Romance languages some remained mostly unaltered a few were completely lost several were repurposed and several were reconstructed as periphrases The new verb forms created by Vulgar Latin Romance the conditional the future subjunctive the anterior past pass ant rieur in French the near future futur proche More recent morpological innovations of the Romance languages such as progressive aspect forms Perfectivity in the Romance languages