Conjugating Verbs in the Subjunctive The Subjunctive Tense
Conjugating Verbs in the Subjunctive
The Subjunctive Tense 1. The subjunctive tense is used to express either a direct or an indirect command. 2. The subjunctive tense is also needed when a sentence has an expression of emotion, doubt or volition + que + a change of subject – then the next verb is subjunctive.
Steps to conjugate in the Subjunctive 1. The stem is the “yo”form from the present indicative without the “o”. ie. . . hablar - hablo 2. Add the “opposite”endings. *Watch out for orthographic stem changes in the subjunctive!
AR Endings e emos es e en
ER - IR Endings a amos as a an
Irregular Verbs (d. i. s. h. e. s. ) These verbs have irregular stems but regular endings in the subjunctive tense: dar dé des dé demos den ir vayas vayamos vayan ser seas seamos sean haber hayas hayamos hayan
Irregular Verbs These verbs have irregular because of accents in the subjunctive tense: estar estés esté estemos estén saber sepas sepamos sepan
Stem Changing Verbs The subjunctive tense is the only tense that has a stem change in the nosotros form but: only IR verbs and only one letter dormir (ue) pedir (i) encontrar (ue) duerma pida encuentre duermas pidas encuentres duerma pida encuentre durmamos pidamos encontremos duerman pidan encuentren
Sentence Examples • Yo quiero que tú estudies más. • I want you to study more. • Juan duda que tú lo sepas. • Juan doubts that you know it. • Es una lástima que no vengas. • It is a shame that you aren’t coming.
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