ESCAPA, CAMELoT, Subjunctive, and Indicative

ESCAPA

E - en caso (de) que.....In case

S - sin que....................without

C - con tal (de) que......provided that

A - antes (de) que........before

P - para que.................so that

A - a menos que.......... unless

ESCAPA is always followed by the subjunctive or an infinitive.

- ESCAPA is followed by an infinitive when

- ESCAPA is followed by the subjunctive when they indicate a hypothetical action or state

Ex:

I am not going UNLESS she comes.

No voy a menos que ella venga.

CAMELoT

C - cuando.................when

A - aunque.................although/even if

M - mientras...............while

E - en cuanto..............as soon as

L - luego que..............as soon as

o - ..............................just here to make the acronym work

T - tan pronto como....as soon as

- CAMELoT is always followed by the indicative or the subjunctive. CAMELoT is NEVER followed by the infinitve.

- CAMELoT is followed by the indicative when a fact is mentioned in the sentence, or when the outcome of the action is known.

Ex:

I'll do it even though she DOES NOT like it.

Lo haré aunque no le gusta.

- The indicative is used here because we know (it is a fact) that she does not like it.

-CAMELoT is followed by the subjunctive when we do not know the outcome of the action or sentence.

Ex:

I'll do it even though she MAY not like it.

Lo haré aunque no le guste.

- Subjunctive is used here because we do not know if she likes it.

Hasta que

and

Después (de) que

These can be followed by anything.

-subjunctive

-infinitive

-indicative

Subjunctive

AR verbs:

-e, -es, -e, -emos, -éis, -en

ER and IR verbs:

-a, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an

Indicative

AR verbs:

- o, - as, - a, - amos, - áis, - an

ER verbs:

- o, es, e, emos, éis, en

IR verbs:

- o, es, e, emos, ís, en

S I Andaré en bicicleta hasta que _________(nevar)

S - nieve

S I Anotonio ca a comprar un coche grande para que toda su familia __________(poder) viajar.

S - puede

S I Traigo aspirina en caso de _______(tener) un dolor de cabeza.

Infinitive - tener

S I Trabajo hasta que ________(terminar) las clases.

I - terminan