Present Subjunctive Moods

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Present Subjunctive Moods

• Italian 3
• 02-09-15

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Present Subjunctive Mood

• To put it in the most basic terms, its the tense
  that you should use when
• You have an opinion.
• You have a desire or a wish that something would
  be a certain way.
• Youre experiencing an emotion (happy, sad,
  sorry, scared).
• Youre suggesting something to someone.

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How to conjugate the present subjunctive

• il congiuntivo are a little wonky
• first three are exactly the same
• thus requiring you to actually use the io, tu,
  and lui/lei to describe who the subject is.
• Lets drop some examples below

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The verb ASCOLTARE

• For a verb like ASCOLTARE, which ends in -ARE,
  its as follows

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The verb SENTIRE

• For a verb like SENTIRE, which ends in -IRE, its
  as follows

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The verb CONOSCERE

• For a verb like CONOSCERE, which ends in -ERE,
  its as follows

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But the most important conjugations for you to
know are

• If youve been learning Italian for a while now,
  you should know that the most important verbs for
  you to know are always irregular. (SIGH)

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ESSERE to be

• Peccato che Italia sia troppo lontana da qui.
  Its a shame that Italy is too far from here.

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ANDARE to go

• Per esempio
• Spero che Luis non
• vada in Polonia da
• solo. I hope that
• Luis does not go
• to Poland by himself.

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FARE to do/make

• Per esempio
• Mi fa piacere che
• facciate colazione.
• I am glad that you all
• made breakfast.

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VOLERE to want

• Per esempio
• Penso che Maria
• voglia uscire con noi. I
• I think that Maria
• wants to go out
• with us.

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AVERE to have

• Ad esempio
• Penso che gli italiani
• abbiano molte ricette
• per la pasta. I think
• that Italians have
• many recipes for
• .pasta

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POTERE to be able to

• Per esempio
• Spero tu possa
• capire quello che
• cerco di dirti. I
• hope you can
• understand what
• Im trying to tell you.

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STARE to stay/remain, to be

• Per esempio
• Non desideriamo che
• tu stia qui negli stati
• uniti. We dont
• wish that you stay
• here in the United States.

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DOVERE to have to, must

• Per esempio
• Penso che io
• debba comprare
• qua.
• - I think that I
• should buy
• something here.

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VENIRE to come

• Per esempio
• Sono triste che tu
• non venga stasera.
• I am sad that you
• are not going out
• tonight.

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USCIRE to go out

• Per esempio
• Non è necessario
• che tu esca di casa.
• Its not necessary
• that you leave home.

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SAPERE to know (a fact, ability)

• Per esempio
• Dubitano che gli
• statunitensi sappiano
• cucinare il cibo italiano.
• They doubt that
• Americans
• know how to cook
• Italian food.

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DIRE to say

• Per esempio
• Crediamo che dicano
• le bugie. We believe
• that they are
• saying/telling lies.

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DARE to give

• Per esempio
• Credo che lui
• dia lanello a
• Luisa. I believe
• that he is giving
• the ring to Luisa.

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One thing I hope you noticed

• There are trigger phrases used over over again
  where you can easily decided whether to use the
  subjunctive tense or not.
• These were
• Peccato che Its a shame that
• Spero che I hope that
• Mi fa piacere che I am pleased that
• Penso che I think that
• Desidero che... I desire/want that
• Dubito che I doubt that.
• Credo che I believe that