EL SUBJUNTIVO

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EL SUBJUNTIVO
Its all in the mood!
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Verbs show the action and they also show a tense
and a mood.

• The tense tells you the time of the action
• Present, preterite, future, etc are tenses.

• The mood tells the speakers attitude towards
  the action.
• Indicative, commands and the subjunctive are
  moods.

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The indicative moods tells it like it is

• Juan es mi novio.
• Ayer, fuimos al cine.
• Mañana iremos al partido de Hockey.

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A command tells someone to do something.

• Vayan Uds a la tienda.
• Despiértese a las seis.
• Escuchen Uds. A la maestra siempre.

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The subjunctive mood wishes, suggests and
fantasizes about things.

• I wish I were rich. Espero que yo sea rica.
• I suggest Juan drive. Sugiero que Juan conduzca.
• If I were a princess. . . Si yo sea princesa. .
  ..

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The subjunctive is rarely used in English and
sounds strange to those who are not highly
educated.
Huh?
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INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE

• You are late.
• I am sick.
• Juan doesnt study.

• It is important that be on time.
• I wish I were not sick.
• The teacher insists that he study.

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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.
• Dudo que vayas a sobrevivir el accidente.

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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)
• No es cierto que la fiesta sea a las ocho.
  (subjunctive)

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The INDICATIVE MOOD is objective and used to
describe facts, it states what is certain.

• Estoy seguro que Juan va con nosotros.
• Es cierto que la falda roja es la mejor.
• La maestra dice que habrá un examen el miércoles.

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The SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD is subjective, it expresses
feelings, judgements and emotions about an action.

• I fear that he is lost.
• It is bad that we cant go.
• It is scandalous that she is wearing that dress.

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For the dependant clause to be subjuntive, the
main clause must state the following

• Impose will. I want you to study tonight.
• Necessity. It is necessary that you leave now.
• Emotion. I hope that you find the money.
• Doubt. I doubt that he knows the answer.
• Possiblity. It is possible that he is coming.

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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.

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Present Subjunctive of Tener
Tenga tengamos Tengas tengáis Tenga tengan
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Present Subjunctive of Cuidar
Cuide cuidemos cuides cuidéis cuide cuiden
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Be Careful of car, gar zar verbs!

• Tocar toque toques toque toquemos toqués etc.
• Entregar entregue entregues entreguemos etc.
• Orginizar organice organices organicemos etc.

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Stem Changing Verbs that end in ER or AR, dont
make stem change in Nosotros and Vosotros forms,
just like normal present tense.
Pensar Piense pensemos Pienses penséis Piense pien
sen
Perder Pierda Perdamos Pierdas Perdáis Pierda Pi
erdan
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Stem Changing Verbs that end in IR , not only
make the normal stem change, but the Nosotros and
Vosotros form also changes.
Preferir (e ie) Prefiera prefiramos Prefieras pr
efiráis Prefiera prefieran
Morir (o ue) Muera Muramos Mueras Muráis Muera M
ueran
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Irregular Verbs in Subjunctive
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Ir

• Vaya
• Vayas
• vaya

• Vayamos
• Vayáis
• Vayan

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Ser

• Sea
• Seas
• sea

• Seamos
• Seáis
• Sean

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Saber

• Sepa
• Sepas
• sepa

• Sepamos
• Sepáis
• Sepan

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dar

• Dé
• Des
• De

• Demos
• Deis
• Den

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Estar

• Esté
• Estés
• Esté

• Estemos
• Estéis
• Estén

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Hay Haya
Espero que haya un examencito sobre el Subjuntivo
mañana
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No es el fin, hay más!