Title: EL SUBJUNTIVO
1EL SUBJUNTIVO
Its all in the mood!
2Verbs show the action and they also show a tense
and a mood.
- The tense tells you the time of the action
- Present, preterit, future, etc are tenses.
- The mood tells the speakers attitude towards
the action. - Indicative, commands and the subjunctive are
moods.
3The indicative moods tells it like it is
- Juan es mi novio.
- Juan is my boyfriend.
- Ayer, fuimos al cine.
- Yesterday, we went to the movie.
4A command tells someone to do something.
- Vayan Uds. a la tienda.
- You (pl.) go to the store.
- Rafael, despiértese a las seis.
- Rafael, get up at six.
- Escuchen Uds. a la maestra siempre.
- You(pl.) listen to the teacher always.
5The subjunctive mood wishes, suggests and
fantasizes about things.
- I suggest that Juan drive.
- Sugiero que Juan conduzca.
- She wants her daughter to be a princess. . .
- Ella quiere que su hija sea princesa. . .
6The subjunctive is rarely used in English and
sounds strange to those who are not highly
educated.
Huh?
7INDICATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
- You are late.
- I am sick.
- Juan studies.
- It is important that you be on time.
- I wish I were not sick.
- The teacher insists that he study.
8In Spanish, the subjunctive is used a lot, and
you need to use it to prove that you are not
ignorant.
- Sugiero que mires cuando andas en bote.
- I suggest that you look when you ride in a boat.
- Es importante que sepas adonde va el río.
- Its important that you know where the river
goes. - Dudo que vayas a sobrevivir el accidente.
- I doubt that you will survive the accident.
9Both the Indicative mood and the Subjunctive mood
are used in compound sentences which are
connected by que.
- The mood that is used depends on the Main Clause.
- La gente sabe que la verdad es la mejor.
(indicative) - People know that the truth is best.
- No creo que Brian venga a la fiesta a las ocho.
(subjunctive) - I dont believe that Brian will come to the party
at eight.
10The INDICATIVE MOOD is objective and used to
describe facts, it states what is certain.
- Estoy seguro que Juan va con nosotros.
- I am certain that Juan is going with us.
- Es cierto que la falda roja es de algodón.
- Theres no doubt that the red skirt is made of
cotton. - La maestra dice que hay un examen hoy.
- The teacher says that theres a test today.
11The SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD is subjective, it expresses
feelings, judgments and emotions about an action.
- It is bad that we cant go.
- Es horrible que no podamos ir.
- It is scandalous that she is wearing that dress.
- Es escandaloso que ella lleve ese vestido.
- It bothers me that he cant come to the meeting.
- Me molesta que él no pueda venir a la reunión.
12Notice that the SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD consists of two
clauses, joined together by que
Main Clause
Dependent Clause
Conj.
- It is bad that we cant go.
- -Es horrible que no podamos ir.
- Its scandalous that she is wearing that dress.
- -Es escandaloso que ella lleve ese vestido.
- It bothers me that he cant come.
- -Me molesta que él no pueda venir
13For the dependent clause to be subjunctive, the
main clause must state the following
- Impose will. I want you to study tonight.
- Necessity. It is necessary that you leave now.
- Emotion. I hope that you find the money.
- Doubt. I doubt that he knows the answer.
- Possibility. It is possible that he is coming.
14To form the Present Subjunctive tense
- Start with the present tense, yo form of the verb
- Tener Tengo
- Remove the O Teng
- Add the opposite ending just like we did to make
commands.
15Present Subjunctive of Tener
tenga tengamos tengas tengáis tenga tengan
16Present Subjunctive of cuidar (to care for)
cuide cuidemos cuides cuidéis cuide cuiden