El subjuntivo Guía de estudio - sra. ramage

El subjuntivo Gu?a de estudio

In general, the indicative mood is used to relate or describe something that is definite, certain, or factual; it is also used to ask questions. The indicative verb will typically follow clauses like creer que..., es verdad que..., no hay duda que..., es obvio que..., es evidente que..., pensar que..., parecer que..., etc. which state a fact, or something that has already taken place or is certain to take place.

The subjunctive mood is used after certain verbs or expressions that indicate desire, doubt, emotion, necessity, or uncertainty. Typically, the outcome of an action is unknown. Compare the differences in the following sentences:

T? siempre tienes buena suerte. You always have good luck.

Espero que t? tengas buena suerte. I hope (that) you have good luck.

Compare the use of the verb `tienes' with `tengas'. Tienes (indicative) is used to make a statement of fact. The subjunctive verb tengas, on the other hand, shows that the outcome of having good luck is unknown because the person may not have good luck.

The subjunctive is used to express: Uncertainty, doubt Wishes, hopes, desires, volition Impersonal expressions Emotion Requests Denial Ojal?

[hay duda que, dudo que, niego que, no estoy seguro de que, etc.] [espero que, quiero que, ojal? (que), proh?bo que, etc.] [es posible que, no es posible que, es importante que, etc.] [me alegro de que, es bueno que, me enoja que, etc.] [pido que, digo que] [niego que. no quiero que, no pienso que]

After verbs of volition (where someone wants that someone else do something), the subjunctive is required. Mi mam? quiere que yo limpie mi cuarto. My mom wants that I clean my room.

The subjunctive is always used after the expressions: para que (so that), a fin de que (so that), sin que (without), a menos que (unless), en caso de que (in case).

To form the subjunctive, the conjugation is based on the "yo" form of the verb in the present tense.

-ar verbs drop the "0" of the `yo' form of the present conjugation and add "e" -er, -ir verbs drop the "o" of the "yo" form of the verb and add "a"

The main clause is indicative while the dependent clause after "que" is subjunctive, when subjunctive is required.

Mi mama me pide que yo haga mi tarea. `pide' is indicative and `haga' is subjunctive, because I might not do it. The outcome is unknown.

Below are the basic forms for the subjunctive. Not all irregularities are included.

hablar hablo

hable hables hable

hables habl?is hablen

pensar pienso

piense pienses piense

pensemos pens?is piensen

acostarse me acuesto

me acueste te acuestes se acueste

nos acostemos os acost?is se acuesten

comer como

coma comas coma

comamos com?is coman

escribir escribo

escriba escribas escriba

escribamos escrib?is escriban

haga hagas haga

hacer hago

hagamos hag?is hagan

traer traigo

traiga traigas traiga

traigamos traig?is traigan

-car buscar busco

busque busques busque

busquemos busqu?is busquen

divertirse me divierto

me divierta te diviertas se divierta

nos divertamos os divert?is se diviertan

-gar jugar juego

juegue juegues juegue

jugemos jug?is jueguen

caerse me caigo

me caiga te caigas se caiga

nos caigamos os caig?is se caigan

-zar comenzar comienzo

comience comiences comience

comencemos comenc?is comiencen

-ger recoger recojo

recoja recojas recoja

recojamos recoj?is recojan

-gir corregir corrijo

corrija corrijas corrija

corrijamos corrij?is corrijan

-guar - -g? averiguar averiguo

averig?e averig?es averig?e

averig?emos averig??is averig?en

-cer conocer conozco

conozca conozcas conozca

conozcamos conocz?is conozcan

-cir conducir conduzco

conduzca conduzcas conduzca

conduzcamos conduzc?is conduzcan

Six verbs have irregular forms.

ir

vaya

vayamos

vayas

vay?is

vaya

vayan

haya hayas haya

haber

hayamos hay?is hayan

dar

d?

demos

des

deis

d?

den

estar

est?

estemos

est?s

est?is

est?

est?n

ser sea seas sea

seamos se?is sean

sepa sepas sepa

saber

sepamos sep?is sepan

Stem-changing verbs: -ar (o-ue) and ?er (e-ie) verbs that change in the present tense indicative make the same changes in the present subjunctive, but like the indicative, the nosotros form doesn't take the stem change.

encontrar

encuentre

encontremos

encuentres

encontr?is

encuentre

encuentren

entender

entienda

entendemos

entiendas

entend?is

entienda

entiendan

Stem-changing ?ir verbs that change e-ie or o-ue make the same change in the present subjunctive, but unlike the above ? ar and ?er stem changers, they also change in the `nosotros' form.

sienta sientas sienta

sentir

sintamos sint?is sientan

dormir

duerma

durmamos

duermas

durm?is

duerma

duerman

Stem-changing ?ir verbs that change e-i make the same change in the subjunctive, and carry the change all the way through the conjugation.

sirva sirvas sirva

servir

sirvamos sirv?is sirvan

repita repitas repita

repetir repitamos repit?is repitan

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