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      Spanish Subjunctive Mood

      • Date June 14, 2016

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      The Spanish subjunctive mood is used to express doubt in whether an action will indeed take place. It can also express how a person feels about an action, a wish, intent, or command for a possible state of being, and facts contrary to reality.

       

      Conjugating the Present Subjunctive of Regular Verbs

      To conjugate the present subjunctive of regular verbs, start with the yo (first person singular) of the present indicative form of the verb. Drop the –o ending and replace it with the appropriate endings.

       

      -AR Verbs

       

      -ER and –IR Verbs
      Mirar

      To look

      Poner

      To put

      Vivir

      To live

      Pronoun

       

      Ending Subjunctive Pronoun

       

      Ending Subjunctive Subjunctive
      yo

       

      -e mire yo

       

      -a ponga viva
      tú

       

      -es mires tú

       

      -as pongas vivas
      ud., él, ella

       

      -e mire ud., él, ella

       

      -a ponga viva
      nosotros,

      nosotras

      -emos miremos nosotros,

      nosotras

      -amos pongamos vivamos
      vosotros,

      vosotras

      -éis miréis vosotros,

      vosotras

      -áis pongáis viváis
      uds., ellos, ellas -en miren uds., ellos, ellas -an pongan vivan

       

       

      Radical-Changing Verbs

      In the present subjunctive, o>ue and e>ie radical changing verbs of –AR and –ER conjugations retain the original vowel of the infinitive in first and second person plural.

       

        E > EI O > UE
        Cerrar

      To close

      Poder

      To be able to

      Pronoun Indicative Subjunctive Indicative Subjunctive
      yo

       

      cierro cierre puedo pueda
      tú

       

      cierras cierres puedes puedas
      ud., él, ella

       

      cierra cierre puede pueda
      nosotros,

      nosotras

      cerramos cerremos podemos podamos
      vosotros,

      vosotras

      cerráis cerréis podéis podáis
      uds., ellos, ellas cierran cirerren pueden puedan

       

       

      ­–IR radical-changing verbs have the following vowel changes in the first and second persons plural:

       

        E > EI: I O > UE: U E>I: I
      Pronoun Preferir

      To prefer

      Morir

      To die

      Pedir

      To ask for

      nosotros,

      nosotras

      prefiramos muramos pidamos
      vosotros,

      vosotras

      prefiráis

       

      muráis

       

      pidáis


      In addition to the above rules, note that any verbs ending –zar change c to z in the subjun

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