PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE AND
IMPERSONAL EXPRESSIONS
Sabrina Bennett
PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE
Indicative mood
• Facts
• Real
• Definite
Subjunctive mood
• Uncertain
• Hypothetical
• Attitude
infinitive“yo” form
verb stem
add ending
Hablar Hablo Habl-(yo)
hable
-ar verb endings
-e -emos
-es
-e -en
-er/-ir endings
-a -amos
-as
-a -an
PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE IRREGULARS
• Teng- + endingTener
• Veng- + endingVenir
• Dig- + ending / D- + endingDecir / Dar
• Vay- + endingIr
• Se- + endingSer
• Hag- + ending / Hay- + endingHacer / Haber
• Est- + endingEstar
• Sep- + endingSaber
MÁS IRREGULARES
-car
• -que
-gar
• -gue
-zar
• -ce
-que, -gue, -ce
saque jugue almorce
+ ending
sace juge almorze
yo form
saco jugo almorzo
verbo
sacar jugar almorzar
e:ie sentir sienta
e:i pedir pida
o:ue dormir duerma
-ir stem
changers
SUBJUNCTIVE: EXPRESSED
General Uses
express
will and influence
emotion
doubt, disbelief, and
denial
definiteness and
nonexistence
mainconjunction
(que)subordinate
clause
subjunctive expression
Es muy importante que aprendas el subjuntivo.
subordinate clause
aprendas el subjuntivo.
conjunction
que
main clause
Es importante
IMPERSONAL EXPRESSION
es bueno que..
• its good that…
es malo que..
• its bad that..
es mejor que..
• its better that..
es importante que..
• its better that..
es urgente que..
• its urgent that
es necesario que..
• its necessary that..
Usually used to..
be the main clause in a subjunctive expression.
express an idea without naming a specific subject.
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