Spanish Doubt, Denial, & Disbelief Subjunctive

dudar

to doubt (s)

negar (i-ie)

to deny (s)

no creer

to not believe/think (s)

no estar seguro/a

to be unsure (s)

no es cierto

it’s not true/certain (s)

no es seguro

it’s not certain (s)

no es verdad

it’s not true (s)

es imposible

it’s impossible (s)

es improbable

it’s improbable (s)

(no) es posible

it’s (not) possible (s)

(no) es probable

it’s (not) probable (s)

no dudar

not to doubt (i)

no cabe duda de

there is no doubt (I)

no haya duda de

there is no doubt (i)

no negar (e-ie)

not to deny (i)

creer

to believe (i)

estar seguro/a

to be sure (i)

es cierto

it’s true/certain (i)

es seguro

it’s certain (i)

es verdad

it’s true (i)

es obvio

it’s obvious (i)

a menos que

unless (s)

antes (de) que

before (s)

con tal (de) que

provided that (s)

en caso (de) que

in case (that) (s)

para que

so that (s)

sin que

without (s)

cuando

when (i/s)

despue’s de que

after (i/s)

en cuanto

as soon as (i/s)

hasta que

until (i/s)

tan pronto como

as soon as (i/s)

used for doubt / denial

subjunctive

used for certainty / clarity

indicative

how to choose between indicative or subjunctive for certain conjunctions

if the action in first part of the sentence takes place in the future or if the first part of the sentence is a command, use subjunctive