The Present Subjunctive Realidades 2

The Subjunctive Up to now you have been using verbs in the indicative mood, which is used to talk about facts or actual events.

The Subjunctive Aprendo francés para mi viaje.

The Subjunctive Spanish has another way of using verbs called the subjunctive mood.

The Subjunctive We use it to say what one person does or doesn’t want, tell, suggest, or recommend someone else to do.

The Subjunctive A sentence that includes the subjunctive form has two parts connected by the word que. For example:

The Subjunctive Recomendamos que Uds. hablen sobre los problemas ambientales. We recommend that you talk about environmental problems.

The Subjunctive ¿Quiere Ud. que escribamos nuestros nombres en el papel. Do you want us to write our names on our papers?

The Subjunctive Note that the subjunctive sentences have two parts, each with a different subject, connected by the word que:

2 Clauses Ella sugiere que yo aprenda francés Independent clause (stands on its own) Subject > Verb Separated by the word “que” Dependent clause (can’t stand on its own) Begins with the word “que.” Subjunctive Verb Indicative Verb

The Subjunctive The first subject uses the present indicative verb (recommendation, suggestion, prohibition, and so on) + que and the second subject uses the present subjunctive verb (what should happen).

The Subjunctive We form the present subjunctive of most verbs the same way we form negative tú commands.

The Subjunctive We drop the -o of the present-tense indicative yo form and add the subjunctive endings.

The Subjunctive For -ar verbs: e, es, e, emos, éis, en For -er/-ir verbs: a, as, a, amos, áis, an

HABLAR hable hables hablemos habléis hablen

COMER coma comas comamos comáis coman

VIVIR viva vivas vivamos viváis vivan

The Subjunctive The present subjunctive has the same spelling changes and irregular yo form changes used with the negative tú commands and Ud./Uds. commands.

Irregular Subjunctive Verbs As in negative commands, irregular verbs that add a “g” to the stem in the present-tense yo form also have a “g” in the present subjunctive.

Irregular Subjunctive Verbs caerse decir hacer poner salir tener traer

Irregular Subjunctive Verbs hacer hag-o haga tener teng-o tenga

LLEGAR (g > gu) llegue llegues lleguemos lleguéis lleguen

HACER haga hagas hagamos hagáis hagan