Leccin 8 Paquita y Sara Imperfect Subjunctive When

Lección 8 Paquita y Sara

Imperfect Subjunctive When forming the imperfect subjunctive, the –ar, -er, and –ir verbs follow the same pattern. Form by dropping the –ron ending of the third person plural of the preterite and adding: -ramos -semos -ras -ses -ran -sen *note that these two ending mean the same thing, the –se form is used mostly in literature while –ra from is used in conversation

Imperfect Subjunctive Some common irregular verbs are caer cayera, decir dijera, ir/ser fuera The nosotros form requires a written accent (cayéramos, tomáramos) Imperfect subjuncitve is commonly used to make polite rquests when using verbs like querer, deber, and poder (Yo quisiera ir a la playa = I would like to go to the beach) Imperfect subjunctive is required under the same conditions as the present subjunctive, but the point of reference is in the past. – Mariana espera que su hermano encontre un perro. – Mariana esperaba que su hermano encontrara un perro.

Conditional and Conditional Perfect The conditional is formed by adding imperfect endings for –er/-ir verbs to the infinitive – Tomar: tomaría, tomarías, tomaría… – Beber: bebería, beberías, bebería… – Vivir: viviría, vivirías, viviría… The conditional is used to state what you WOULD do in some future of hypothetical situation (Yo nadaría en un lago)

Conditional and Conditional Perfect It is also used when the speaker is referring to an event that is future to a point in the past (Creía que habría más gente en el restaurante) Conditional is used to express a request in a courteous manner (Me gustaría un vaso de agua = I would like a glass of water) The conditional of deber means should (No deberías quemar la carne)

Irregular Stems in Condtional Decir Haber Hacer Poder Poner Querer Saber Salir Tener Venir dirhabrharpodrpondrquerrsabrsaldrtendrvendr- diría, dirías, diría… habría, habrías, habría… haría, harías, haría… podría, podrías, podría… pondría, pondrías, pondría… querría, querrías, querría… sabría, sabrías, sabría… saldría, saldrías, saldría… tendría, tendrías, tendría… vendría, vendrías, vendría…

Conditional Perfect For the conditional perfect tense with the conditional form of haber + past participle Habrías Habría + comido Habríamos Habrían

Conditional Perfect Used to express an action that would or should have occurred but did not (Habríamos comido el pastel pero mi perro ya lo habían comido) Also used to express probability or conjecture

Indicative or Subjunctive in si-clauses Simple si-clauses (type 1) – A si-clause states a condition that must be met in order for something to occur – the present is in the si-clause and the present of future is in the result clause – Present/ Future Si no sacas el helado del congelador ahora, estará muy duro caudo lo sirvas

Indicative or Subjunctive in si-clauses Contrary to Fact si-clauses (type 2) – This si-clause contains implausible or contrary -to-fact info – The imperfect subjunctive is used in the siclause and the conditional is used in the result clause – Imperfect subjunctive conditional Si tuviera dinero, te invitaría a un café

Como Si Clauses Como si (as if) refers to a hypothetical or contrary-to-fact situation – Requires the imperfect or pluperfect subjunctive Juan ha desayunado como si no fuera a comer más hoy. Ana nos habló del menú como si hubiera asistido al almuerzo