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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 mood tells the
 The tense tells you
speaker’s attitude
the time of the action
towards the action.
 Present, preterite,
Indicative, commands
and the subjunctive are
future, etc. are
moods.
tenses.
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

You are late.

I am sick.

SUBJUNCTIVE

It is important that you be on
time.

I wish I were not sick.

The teacher insists that he
study.
Juan studies.
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
horrible que no podamos ir.
Continuado
 It
is scandalous that
she is wearing that dress.
 Es
escandaloso que
 ella
 It
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
que
that
no podamos ir.
she is wearing that dress.
It’s scandalous
-Es escandaloso que
 It bothers me that
-Me molesta
que
ella lleve ese vestido.
he can’t come.
él no pueda venir
For the dependent clause to be
subjunctive, the main clause must state
the following:

Impose will.
I want you to study tonight.

Necessity.
It is necessary that you leave now.
Continuado
 Emotion.
 Doubt.
I hope that you find the money.
I doubt that he knows the answer.
 Possibility. 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