The Present Subjunctive

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The Present Subjunctive

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The Subjunctive

• Up to now you have been using verbs in the
  indicative mood, which is used to talk about
  facts or actual events.

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The Subjunctive

• Aprendo francés para mi viaje.

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The Subjunctive

• Spanish has another way of using verbs called the
  subjunctive mood.

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The Subjunctive

• We use it to say what one person does or doesnt
  want, tell, suggest, or recommend someone else to
  do.

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The Subjunctive

• A sentence that includes the subjunctive form has
  two parts connected by the word que.
• For example

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The Subjunctive

• Recomendamos que Uds. hablen con un agente de
  viajes.
• We recommend that you speak with a travel agent.

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The Subjunctive

• Quiere Ud. que escribamos nuestros nombres en
  las maletas.
• Do you want us to write our names on our
  suitcases?

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The Subjunctive

• Note that the subjunctive sentences have two
  parts, each with a different subject, connected
  by the word que

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2 Clauses

• Ella sugiere que yo aprenda francés

Independent clause(stands on its own)Subject gt
Verb
Separated by the word que
Dependent clause (cant stand on its own)Begins
with the word que.
Subjunctive Verb
Indicative Verb
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The Subjunctive

• The first subject uses the present indicative
  verb (recommendation, suggestion, prohibition,
  and so on) que and the second subject uses the
  present subjunctive verb (what should happen).

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The Subjunctive

• Verbs that are often follewed by que
  subjunctive
• Decir
• Insistir en
• Necesitar
• Permitir
• Preferir (e gt ie)

• Prohibir
• Querer (e gt ie)
• Recomendar (e gt ie)
• Sugerir (e gt ie)

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The Subjunctive

• We form the present subjunctive of most verbs the
  same way we form negative tú commands.

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The Subjunctive

• We drop the -o of the present-tense indicative yo
  form and add the subjunctive endings.

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The Subjunctive

• For -ar verbs
• e, es, e, emos, éis, en
• For -er/-ir verbs
• a, as, a, amos, áis, an

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HABLAR

• hable
• hables
• hable

• hablemos
• habléis
• hablen

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COMER

• coma
• comas
• coma

• comamos
• comáis
• coman

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VIVIR

• viva
• vivas
• viva

• vivamos
• viváis
• vivan

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The Subjunctive

• The present subjunctive has the same spelling
  changes and irregular yo form changes used with
  the negative tú commands and Ud./Uds. commands.

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Irregular Subjunctive Verbs

• As in negative commands, irregular verbs that add
  a g to the stem in the present-tense yo form
  also have a g in the present subjunctive.

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Irregular Subjunctive Verbs

• caerse
• decir
• hacer
• poner
• salir

• tener
• traer

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Irregular Subjunctive Verbs
hacer
hag-o
haga
tener
teng-o
tenga
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LLEGAR (g gt gu)

• llegue
• llegues
• llegue

• lleguemos
• lleguéis
• lleguen

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HACER

• haga
• hagas
• haga

• hagamos
• hagáis
• hagan