Regular present tense Subjunctive Introduction

Conquer Spanish subjunctive verbs! Learn conjugation and triggers with our easy-to-follow guide.

How to conjugate -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in the subjunctive mood Watch the video and take notes. Then move on to the activities. Type your notes here below: Fill in the blanks with the correct answers. The subjunctive is not a tense, it is more of a mood. The mood that you have been using for every tense up until now is called the indicative. NOTE! (COPY INTO NOTES!) The formula I like to give for the formation of a subjunctive sentence is:Subj. + present tense indicative verb (CONJUGATE NORMALLY) + QUE + 2nd Sub. + present subjunctive verbThe part of the sentence that comes before QUEis called theindicative clause.The part of the sentence that comes afterQUEis called thesubjunctive clause.You CANNOThave a subjunctive sentence without the wordQUE. How to conjugate -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in the subjunctive mood Watch the video and take notes. Then move on to the activities. Type your notes here below: Fill in the blanks below with the correct answers. The "W" in WEIRDOS represents wishes, desires, and imperatives. Desear quiere decir "to desire".Esperar quiere decir "to wish quiere decir "to need"Preferir quiere decir "to prefer"Querer quiere decir "to want" The verbs above would all go into the indicative verb slot in the formula I gave you above. That means they would all be conjugated in the present tense. Let's see if you remember how to do that! Conjugate "desear" yo deseo nosotros deseamos tu deseas el, ella, Ud desean ellos, desean Conjugate "esperar" yo espero nosotros esperamos tu esperas el, ella, Ud espera ellos, esperan Conjugate "necesitar" yo necesito nosotros necesitamos tu necesitas el, ella, Ud necesita ellos, necesitan Conjugate "preferir" yo prefiero nosotros preferimos tu prefieres el, ella, Ud prefiere ellos, prefieren Conjugate "querer" yo quiero nosotros queremos tu quieres el, ella, Ud quiere ellos, quieren Fill in the blanks below with the correct answers. The "E" in WEIRDOS represents emotions, feelings. The "I" in WEIRDOS represents impersonal observations. The "R" in WEIRDOS represents recommendations and requests. The verbs used to convey recommendations and requests all go into the indicative verb slot in the formula I gave you above. That means they would all be conjugated in the present tense. Let's see if you remember how to do that! Conjugate "aconsejar" yo aconsejo nosotros aconsejamos tu aconsejas el, ella, Ud aconseja ellos, aconsejan Conjugate "decir" yo digo nosotros decimos tu dices el, ella, Ud dice ellos, dicen Conjugate "exigir" yo esigo nosotros exigimos tu exiges el, ella, Ud exige ellos, exigen Conjugate "insistir" yo insisto nosotros insistimos tu insistes el, ella, Ud insiste ellos, insisten Conjugate "mandar" yo mando nosotros mandamos tu mandas el, ella, Ud manda ellos, mandan Conjugate "mandar" yo pido nosotros pedimos tu pides el, ella, Ud pide ellos, piden Conjugate "recomendar" yo recomiendo nosotros recomendamos tu recomiendas el, ella, Ud recomienda ellos, recomiendan Conjugate "sugerir" yo sugiero nosotros sugerimos tu sugieres el, ella, Ud sugiere ellos, sugieren Fill in the blanks below with the correct answers. The "D" in WEIRDOS represents doubts, denial, and disbelief. The "O" in WEIRDOS represents "ojala" (que). The "S" in WEIRDOS represents speculation.