![]() Now that we know how to form the subjunctive tense in the present we must now think about when it is appropriate to use it. * These verbs just have irregular present tense subjunctive conjugations that don’t follow the first person present tense conjugation. (subjunctive conjugations) conozca, conozcas, conozca… (subjunctive conjugations) tenga, tengas, tenga… (subjunctive conjugations) salga, salgas, salga… (subjunctive conjugations) venga, vengas, venga… (subjunctive conjugations) ponga, pongas, ponga… (subjunctive conjugations) oiga, oigas, oiga… Other verbs with irregular first person present tense conjugations are: ![]() (yo) traiga (tú) traigas (él) traiga (ella) traiga (usted) traiga (nosotros) traigamos (ellos/ellas) traigan (ustedes) traigan These are the conjugations for the present subjunctive of this verb: Traer in the Present Subjunctive Tense To put the verb “Traer” into the present subjunctive we use the irregular first person conjugation of the verb and add the appropriate endings. (yo) traigo (tú) traes (él) trae (ella) trae (usted) trae (nosotros) traemos (ellos/ellas) traen (ustedes) traen ![]() Look at the conjugations for “Traer” below: “Traer” is another verb in Spanish that has an irregular first person present conjugation. (yo) diga (tú) digas (él) diga (ella) diga (usted) diga (nosotros) digamos (ellos/ellas) digan (ustedes) digan These are the conjugations for “decir” in the present subjunctive: Decir in the Present Subjunctive Tense This tells us that to conjugate “decir” into the present subjunctive we would use the irregular first person (yo) conjugation and add on the subjunctive ending. Notice that the first person is conjugated as “digo”. (yo) digo (tú) dices (él) dice (ella) dice (usted) dice (nosotros) decimos (ellos/ellas) dicen (ustedes) dicen This is how it is conjugated in the present tense: Decir in the Present Tense (yo) piense (tú) pienses (él) piense (ella) piense (usted) piense (nosotros) pensemos (ellos/ellas) piensen (ustedes) piensen So the subjunctive conjugations for “pensar” are: This just means that for these verbs when conjugating them into the subjunctive they will keep the irregular first person form and the endings will change accordingly. But in Spanish there are verbs that are irregular in the first person present tense. This is easy enough when you are talking about non irregular verbs like the ones conjugated above. ![]() (yo) coma (tú) comas (él) coma (ella) coma (usted) coma (nosotros) comamos (ellos/ellas) coman (ustedes) coman Escribir (yo) escriba (tú) escribas (él) escriba (ella) escriba (usted) escriba (nosotros) escribamos (ellos/ellas) escriban (ustedes) escribanĬonjugating Irregular Verbs to the SubjunctiveĪs a general rule to conjugate into the subjunctive you conjugate the verb into the first person present tense (yo) and stick on the subjunctive ending. (yo) escuche (tú) escuches (él) escuche (ella) escuche (usted) escuche (nosotros) escuchemos (ellos/ellas) escuchen (ustedes) escuchen (yo) hable (tú) hables (él) hable (ella) hable (usted) hable (nosotros) hablemos (ellos/ellas) hablen (ustedes) hablen ![]() Try the exercises below after reading the lesson. This lesson will stick to the present tense so we can concentrate on just the subjunctive and not worry if we are talking in the past, present or future. Like I did in previous lessons, I will present the rules on how to conjugate “AR” and “ER/IR” verbs into the subjunctive, then I will explain when to use it. In English you could say, “I want you to listen to the music.” A student who has not yet learned the subjunctive tense may think that this would be translated as, “Quiero que escuchas la música.” As we will see, this is a case where the second verb in the sentence needs to be conjugated into the subjunctive form. In this lesson I will list the situations that call for the subjunctive tense, but basically it is a tense that is used when there is uncertainty, want or emotion. As in the case of the imperfect/preterit tenses, the subjunctive does not have an exact translation in English. Using the subjunctive tense in Spanish can be very difficult for students. ![]()
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