The Present Subjunctive

The subjunctive is…

A mood used for hypothetical things

Acronym for subjunctive uses

WEIRDO

W in WEIRDO

Wishes, When (things will happen in the future)

E in WEIRDO

Evaluations, Emotions

I in WEIRDO

Intention and influence

R in WEIRDO

Requests, Recommendations, describing something hypothetical

D in WEIRDO

Denial and Doubt of a statement

O in WEIRDO

Ojalá que (wishes)

The present is used…

To declare information

Part one of forming the subjunctive: verb/phrase

Before que which expresses wishes, doubts, evaluations

Part two of forming the subjunctive: a sentence after the que

Always has a different subject to the first sentence

Yo, ar

-e

Tu, ar

-Es

El/ella, ar

-e

Nosotros, ar

-emos

Vosotros, ar

-eis

Ellos/ellas, ar

-en

Yo, er/ir

-a

Tu, er/ir

-as

El/ella, er/ir

-a

Nosotros, er/ir

-Amos

Vosotros, er/ir

-ais

Ellos/ellas, er/ir

-an

Stem of the present subjunctive

Take the i form of the present verb and remove the -o

Sacar present subjunctive

Saque, saques, saque, saquemos, saquéis, saquen

Descargar present subjunctive

Descargue, descargues, descargue, descarguemos, descarguéis, descarguen

Realizar present subjunctive

Realice, realices, realice, realicemos, realicéis, realicen

With stem changing verbs that end in ar/er…

The stem change is the same as in the present

With stem changing verbs that end in -ir…

There are different patterns depending on the vowel change

O →

Ue

i →

ie

E →

i

Dormir present subjunctive

Duerma, duermas, duerma, durmamos, durmáis, duerman

Sentir present subjunctive

Sienta, sientas, sienta, sintamos, sintáis, sientan

Pedir present subjunctive

Pida, pidas, pida, pidamos, pidáis, pidan

Dar present subjunctive (Accents on 1st and 3rd)

De, des, de, demos, deis, den

Ir present subjunctive

Vaya, vayas, vaya, vayamos, vayáis, vayan

Ser present subjunctive

Sea, seas, sea, seamos, seáis, sean

Haber present subjunctive

Haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan

Estar present subjunctive (accents on first 3)

Este, estes, este, estemos, estéis, estén

Saber present subjunctive

Sepa, sepas, sepa, sepamos, sepáis, sepan