Transcript Remember the Subjunctive?

IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE
El imperfecto de subjuntivo
Remember the Subjunctive?
In this unit we’ll learn how to form when to use
and the
IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE.
But, first, let’s review what we’ve learned about
the
PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE:
The SUBJUNCTIVE
mood has several uses,
some of which are:
doubt or denial of an action
willing something to happen
or influencing an action’s
outcome
expressing emotion about an
TIME of the ACTION
is what’s different!
Whereas the PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE is
triggered by a present verb in the main
clause…
TIME of the ACTION
is what’s different!
…the IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE is triggered
by a verb in the main clause that is in any of
the past tenses:
–Imperfect
–Preterit
(Quería que…)
(Pedí que…)
To form the
IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE…
Drop the -on ending of the 3rd person
plural of the preterit and add the following
endings:
caminaron ►
camina-ra
(yo)
camina-ras
(tú)
camina-ra
(él, ella, Ud.)
caminá-ramos (nosotras, os)
camina-ran
(ellos, ellas, Uds.)
If the 3rd pers.plural of FIRMAR is
firmaron ►
Yo
Tú
Ella
Nosotros
Uds.
firmara
firmaras
firmara
firmáramos
firmaran
If the 3rd pers.plural of BEBER is
bebieron ►
Yo
Tú
Ella
Nosotros
Uds.
bebiera
bebieras
bebiera
bebiéramos
bebieran
There are NO irregulars in
forming imperfect subjunctive!
The only thing is there are already
so many irregularities to the
preterite!
(which is where you start when
forming it!)
Remember the Preterite stem
changes?
Verbs like pedir stem-change the “e” to “i” in
the preterite third person.
So,
Pedir ► pidieron ►pidiera
No me gustó que me pidiera el dinero.
Remember the Preterite spelling
changes?
The same thing happens with spelling
changes. If there is a different spelling
change in the root of a verb in the
preterite, it will follow in the Imperfect
Subjunctive:
Caer ► cayeron ► cayera
Qué lástima que ellos cayeran.
Remember the Preterite Irregulars?
♫ Tener es tuve, estar estuve, ir es fui y
también ser…♫
When there is an irregular in the preterit, we
still use the 3rd person plural to form the
IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE:
tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvieron►
tuviera,tuvieras, tuviera, tuviéramos, tuvieran
diera
Quería que mi jefa me __________
un
aumento de sueldo (dar)
– I wanted my boss to give me a raise.
Mis padres deseaban que mis hermanos
llegaran
_____________
temprano.(llegar)
– My parents wanted my brothers to arrive
early.
trajera
Era dudoso que Elena ______________
su tocadiscos.(traer)
– It was doubtful that Elena brought her record
player.