Spanish
SubjunctiveThe
Spanish subjunctive is usually expressed as a possibility,
necessity, desire, or emotion. If you want to express one of
these you will simply take the
infinitive form of the verb drop the ending (-ar, -er, -ir) and add an
-er ending for -ar verbs, and add an -ar ending for -er, and -ir verbs. How
about seeing some examples? I'll bet that would help.... Suppose
you want to say, I don't
want him to speak. No quiero que él hable. Usually
you would conjugate the verb 'hablar' as él habla (he speaks). But
when you use the subjunctive you change the -ar ending to an -er
ending. And the ending for the subject el in an -er verb would be e. Here
are the endings for each type of verb: | Hablar | Changes | Comer | Changes | Vivir | Changes | | hablo | hable | como | coma | vivo | viva | | hablas | hables | comes | comas | vives | vivas | | habla | hable | come | coma | vive | viva | | hablamos | hablemos | comemos | comamos | vivimos | vivamos | | habláis | habléis | coméis | comáis | vivís | viváis | | haban | hablen | comen | coman | viven | vivan |
Got
all that! That is a lot of information in one lesson. So
how would you say, You
want your family to live in Mexico? Yo
quiero que mi familia viva en México. So how did the
lesson go? Feel free to review the video or chart as often as you need.
If you're ready to find out what you know, let's
go to the Subjunctive Mini Quiz. Return
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