The Subjunctive

• Not a tense. Doesn’t actually happen in the narration

• It is a “mood,” or how the speaker or narrator views reality

• The subjunctive is used to say what a person wants, demands, hopes, and suggests.

• Phrases in the subjunctive have 3 main parts

• You can also express general impersonal ideas with: Es necesario, Es importante, Es bueno que.

Main clause + Que + Subordinate clause

To Conjugate the Subjunctive

• 1) Take the “YO” present tense

• 2) Drop the final o

• 3) Add present subjunctive ending

REGULAR ENDING:

1. YO PRESENT

2. DROP O

AR -ER -IR

YO E A

TU ES AS

EL E A

ELLOS EN AN

NOS EMOS AMOS

VOS EIS AIS

MAIN CLAUSE + QUE + SUBORDINATE