THE SUBJUNCTIVE VERBS LIKE GUSTAR UWEIRDO Verbs like

THE SUBJUNCTIVE & VERBS LIKE GUSTAR UWEIRDO

Verbs like gustar: Backwards verbs. ■ Verbs like gustar work backworks. ■ A mi me gusta correr. Running is pleasing to me. ■ A ti te importan las notas. Grades are important to you. ■ A ella le encantan los deportes. Sports are enchanting to her. She loves them!

Therefore, we use indirect object pronouns and conjugate only 2 ways! ■ A nosotros nos apetece dormir. ■ A los estudiantes les interesan videos de Tic-Tok. ■ We would never say “yo me gusta” TMI. ■ A mi me gusta….

Some backwards verbs (verbs like gustar) VLG ■ Gustar ■ Encantar ■ Interesar ■ Apetecer ■ Importar ■ To please (to like) ■ To be enchanted by (to love) ■ To interest ■ To feel like ■ To be important to.

THE SUBJUNCTIVE

It’s basically not used in English anymore. Ex. I wish I were…. ■ To employ the subjunctive, we need one part of the sentence trying to influence the other. It may or may not occur! ■ Ex. I want my parents to buy me a new car. ■ Quiero que mis padres me compren un nuevo car. ■ The subjunctive is very subjective!

The use the subjunctive in noun clauses, we need ■ Two clauses (subject + verb) ■ Separated by the word “que” ■ Change of subject. ■ The first clause must be a subjunctive trigger (UWEIRDO) ■ Quiero que Harold no hable todo el tiempo. – I want Harold not to talk all the time. (English) – I want that Harold does not talk all the time (Spanish)

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Common verbs we will use. ■ Ojalá (God willing, comes from Arabic) ■ Esperar que ■ Querer que ■ Preferir que ■ Desear que

The first clause (verb) is normal…. Indicative (present tense for us) ■ The second verb is in the subjunctive. ■ Forma Yo ■ Drop the “o” ■ Add the opposite ending. ■ Just like commands . Yay!

I want Carlos to talk to me. ■Quiero que Carlos me hable.

I hope that he doesn’t have two girlfriends. ■Espero que no tenga dos novias.

I want to talk to him. ■ Quiero hablar con Carlos. ■ Why don’t we need the subjunctive?

I prefer that he leaves. ■Yo prefiero que salga.

I prefer to leave ■Prefiero salir.

I like that he is handsome. ■Me gusta que sea apuesto.

So we have to be careful! OJO! ■ Is the first verb regular or a verb like gustar? ■ Conjugate it. ■ Is the first verb a subjunctive trigger? ■ If there is a “que”, then we need the subjunctive for the second verb.