What is the difference between Mood and Tense? Keep in mind that all verbs have tense

and mood.

Tense refers to present, past, future, etc.

Mood refers to the speaker’s attitude toward the action.

The Indicative Mood

WHAT?????? The Indicative mood is used to report

facts and things that are certain. You walk to school. Tú andas a la escuela. We speak English and Spanish. Hablamos inglés y español.

The Subjunctive Mood

The subjunctive mood is used to express uncertainties.

These uncertainties come in the form of impersonal expressions in this chapter.

Can you give an example of in impersonal expression?

Ejemplos:

Es importante

Es triste

Es necesario

Es raro que

There are more in your notes and practice sheets for the week. Make note of them for future use.

How do you know when to use this? When a sentence starts with one of

those phrases ANDAND the subject changes after the que, the verb that goes with the new subject will be in the subjunctive mood.

Another way to know when to use these is by using the acronym, WEIRDO. Each letter stands for another use.

WEIRDO W - Will / Wish E - Emotions I - Impersonal Expressions R - Requests D - Doubt or Denial O - Ojalá I will hand out a sheet with different

verbs in each category.

Ejemplos:

Espero que ustedes aprendan mucho de la clase de español.

Mi madre quiere que yo haga los quehaceres antes de salir.

Ojalá que el equipo de baloncesto gane mucho este año.

¿Cómo se forma el sujuntivo? Do you remember how to form formal

commands? Just like those you begin with:

1. Present tense yo form2. Drop the ‘o’3. Add the appropriate endings.

Subjunctive verb endings

-ar verbs Yo e Tú es Él e Nosotros emos Ellos en

-er and –ir endings Yo a Tú as Él a Nosotros amos Ellos an

Spelling Irregularities: Remember the –car, gar, and zar spelling

changes:

car- qu, gar – gu, zar – c Verbs ending in -cer and –cir have spelling

issues in the yo form in the present:

conocer - conozco traducir - traduzco

Verbs like construir with the u at the end of the stem will have a y added to the conjugated yo form: construyo

Stem-changing verbs will follow the same rules. No stem-change in the nosotros form.Volver – vuelva vuelvas vuelva volvamos vuelvan

Irregulars: Ir- to go

vaya, vayas, vaya, vayamos, vayan Saber – to know a fact

Sepa, sepas, sepa, sepamos, sepan Ser – to be

Sea, seas, sea, seamos, sean Dar – to give

Dé, des, dé, demos, den Remember that if a verb is irregular in the yo

form, it will have a somewhat irregular form in the subjunctive.

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