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EL SUBJUNTIVO
It’s all in the mood!
Verbs show the action and they also show a tense and
a mood.
 The
tense tells you
the time of the action
 Present, preterit,
future, etc are tenses.
The
mood tells the
speaker’s attitude
towards the action.
Indicative, commands
and the subjunctive are
moods.
The indicative moods tells it like it is:
 Juan
es mi novio.
Juan is my boyfriend.
 Ayer,
fuimos al cine.
Yesterday, we went to the movie.
A command tells someone to do something.

Vayan Uds. a la tienda.


Rafael, despiértese a las seis.


You (pl.) go to the store.
Rafael, get up at six.
Escuchen Uds. a la maestra siempre.

You(pl.) listen to the teacher always.
The subjunctive mood wishes, suggests and
fantasizes about things.
I
suggest that Juan drive.

Sugiero que Juan conduzca.
 She
wants her daughter to be a princess. . .
 Ella
quiere que su hija sea princesa. . .
The subjunctive is rarely used in
English and sounds strange to those
who are not highly educated.
Huh?
INDICATIVE
SUBJUNCTIVE

You are late.

It is important that you be on time.

I am sick.

I wish I were not sick.

Juan studies.

The teacher insists that he study.
In Spanish, the subjunctive is used a lot, and
you need to use it to prove that you are not
ignorant.

Sugiero que mires cuando andas en bote.


Es importante que sepas adonde va el río.


I suggest that you look when you ride in a
boat.
It’s important that you know where the river
goes.
Dudo que vayas a sobrevivir el accidente.

I doubt that you will survive the accident.
•Both the Indicative mood and the Subjunctive mood are used
in compound sentences which are connected by que.
•The mood that is used depends on the Main Clause.

La gente sabe que la verdad es la mejor. (indicative)
 People

know that the truth is best.
No creo que Brian venga a la fiesta a las ocho. (subjunctive)

I don’t believe that Brian will come to the party at eight.
The INDICATIVE MOOD is objective and
used to describe facts, it states what is
certain.
Estoy
seguro que Juan va con nosotros.
I
Es
am certain that Juan is going with us.
cierto que la falda roja es de algodón.
There’s
La
no doubt that the red skirt is made of cotton.
maestra dice que hay un examen hoy.
The
teacher says that there’s a test today.
The SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD is subjective, it
expresses feelings, judgments and emotions
about an action.
 It
is bad that we can’t go.
 Es
 It
is scandalous that she is wearing that dress.
 Es
 It
horrible que no podamos ir.
escandaloso que ella lleve ese vestido.
bothers me that he can’t come to the meeting.
 Me
molesta que él no pueda venir a la reunión.
Notice that the SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
consists of two clauses, joined together by
“que” :
Main Clause
Conj.
Dependent Clause
It is bad
that
we can’t go.
-Es horrible
It’s scandalous
que
that
no podamos ir.
she is wearing that dress.
-Es escandaloso
 It bothers me
que
that
ella lleve ese vestido.
he can’t come.
-Me molesta
que
él no pueda venir


For the dependent clause to be
subjunctive, the main clause must state the
following:
Impose will.
 Necessity.
 Emotion.
 Doubt.
 Possibility.

I want you to study tonight.
It is necessary that you leave now.
I hope that you find the money.
I doubt that he knows the answer.
It is possible that he is coming.
To form the Present Subjunctive tense :
 Start
with the present tense, yo form of the verb
 Tener – Tengo
 Remove the O – Teng
 Add the opposite ending just like we did to make
commands.
Present Subjunctive of Tener
tenga
tengamos
tengas
tengáis
tenga
tengan
Present Subjunctive of cuidar (to care for)
cuide
cuidemos
cuides
cuidéis
cuide
cuiden