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What is the
subjunctive
tense?
Actually, the
subjunctive is
not referred
to as a tense,
such as
preterit or
future, but
rather as a
mood.
The indicative mood states
facts and expresses
certainty or reality.
The subjunctive mood expresses
uncertainty, doubt, wishes, desires,
and conditions that are unreal or
contrary to fact.
Does English use
the subjunctive
mood?
Yes, Homer, but it is used
far more frequently in
Spanish.
Example: It is
important that he go
to a good school.
When does one know when to use subjunctive?
In order to use the
subjunctive, it is
important that we have
A WEDDING
¿Una
boda?
¡Maravilloso!
A W.E.D.D.I,N.G.
is actually an
acronym to help us
remember all of
the different ways
we use the
subjunctive mood.
is for Adverbial phrases
Adverbial Phrases include:
a fin de que: so that
para que: so that
a menos que: unless
antes de que: before
con tal que: provided that
en caso de que: in case (that)
sin que: without
is
for
Wishing, wanting or
requesting
Wishing, wanting and
requesting
aconsejar: to advise or counsel
desear: to wish, to want
exigir: to demand
insistir: to insist
mandar: to command, to order
pedir: to ask for
preferir: to prefer
querer: to want
rogar:to beg
suplicar: to plead
Stands for
EMOTIONS:
alegrarse de que: to be happy that
entristecerse de que: to be sad that
esperar: to hope
ojalá: if only/god willing
sorprenderse de que : surprised that
temer que: to fear that
tener miedo de que: to be afraid that
is for
Doubt
¿Hay alguién que…? (Is
there someone who…)
Busco a una persona que…
I am looking for a person that….
¿creer?
¿pensar?
dudar
no creer
2
DENIAL
is for:
negar: to deny
prohibir: to prohibit
mpersonal
Expressions
Es importante que
es menester que: it is important that
Es imposible que
es necesario que:
Es lastima que: it is a pity that
es preciso que: it is necessary that
Es mejor que: it is better that
es posible que
Mas vale que: it is better that
es probable que
necesitar: to
need
sentir que: to feel sorry
lamentar: to lament, to feel bad that
In order to have A
WEDDING, we need
3 things:
1. an independent
verb or phrase, “a
strong verb”
In this case,
a strong,
independent
woman
She must make the proposal
2. A dependent verb
that will submit to the
independent verb
In between the independent and the
dependent, there is another
important element
Proposals are completed with a wedding ring.
We usually say that the ring is 14K or 12K
For our
purposes, we
will say that the
proposal is
complete with
1K (que)
In order to form subjunctive, we must have three requirements
1. The independent verb or phrase, or
WEDDING phrase
The (K) que in between
2. The dependent
verb: (He must
change)
To be successful in his
marriage, we know that
the dependent MUST
CHANGE
The general rule for changing dependent
verbs into subjunctive is by adding the
opposite vowel ending.
que yo: hable
hablar
que tu: hables
que el hable
que nosotros hablemos
que vosotros habléis
que ellos hablen
The opposite vowel rule is
always true in the
subjunctive:
However, there are different
families of verbs that have
different rules about how the
stem of the verb changes.
With verbs that stem
change e-ie, o-ue, or e-i
Always stem-change
first, and then put on the
opposite vowel ending.
Verbs that change to “go” in
“yo” form in the present tense
must change as such and then
you put on the opposite vowel
ending.
pongo = ponga
vengo = venga
hago = haga
digo = diga
oigo = oiga
The i changes to y in verbs that end in
-uir in present tense.
construir
Present
Subj. (el)
(el)
construye construya
distribuir
distribuye distribuya
Verbs that end in –cer or –cir
change in yo form present
tense to –zco.
conocer
Present
(yo)
conozco
Subj. (yo)
conducir
conduzco conduzca
conozca
-zar: z changes to ce
-gar: g changes to gue
-car: c changes to que
saber: sepa
dar: dé
ir: vaya
caber: quepa
haber: haya
estar: esté