Subjunctive & expressions of wishes, recommendations, and emotions

ar endings (yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nosotros, ellos/as/uds.)

e

es

e

emos

en

er and ir endings (yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nosotros, ellos/as/uds.)

a

as

a

amos

an

format: ____ que ____

(verb in present tense) que (verb in subjunctive)

Examples of verbs/phrases that lead to subjunctive: (this verb) que…

• Desear (to wish)

• Esperar (to hope)

• Querer (to want)

• Alegrarse (to be glad)

• Agradar (to enjoy)

• Encantar (to love)

• Recomendar (ie) (to recommend)

• Aconsejar (to advise)

• Sugerir (ie) (to suggest)

• Sentir (ie) (to feel)

• Doler (ue) (to hurt)

• Temer (to fear)

• Molestar (to bother)

• Es bueno…

• Es malo…

• Es importante…

• Es triste…

• Es una pena…

When to use subjunctive

• used to describe emotions

• used when you want someone to do something

*What is very important about the subjunctive*

The sentence must have TWO subjects. (ex: me encanta que tengas un trabajo, or deseo que vayas a la farmacía para tu medicina)

How to conjugate subjunctive

1. Begin with present tense first person singular

2. Remove the -o

3. Add ending

Ex: Comer → Como → Coma

Irregular Subjunctive Verbs

• Tener → Tenga

• Hacer → Haga

• Haber → Haya

• Ir → Vaya

• Saber → Sepa

• Ser → Sea

• Dar → Dé, Des, Dé, Demos, Den

• Estar → Esté, Estés, Esté, Estemos, Estén

Stem-Changing Subjunctive

• Mostrar → Muestre

• Dormir → Duerma

• Pensar → Piense

• Volver → Vuelva

Car, Gar, Zar Spell Change Subjunctive

• c → qu

• g → qu

• z → c

• Buscar → Busque

• Jugar → Juegue

• Abrazar → Abrace

Verbs that need indirect object pronouns before them

• gustar

• encantar

• doler

• interesar

• molestar

• agradar

• me

• te

• le

• nos

• les