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D. La gramática: El presente del subjuntivo El presente del subjuntivo
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You may have noticed a verb form you didn’t recognise in previous exercises. For example, in the last exercise, question 2 reads ‘… que tengan el mismo sentido…’ Tengan is a subjunctive form of the verb tener. In Spanish, the present subjunctive is used to talk about situations of uncertainty or doubt. The present subjunctive is also used to express emotion, desire or necessity.
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FORMING THE PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE Step 1 Take the yo form of the verb in the present tense. Step 2 Remove the -o from the end of the yo form. This becomes the stem.
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YO FORM
SUBJUNCTIVE STEM
HABLAR
hablo
habl-
COMER
como
VIVIR
vivo
TENER
tengo
HACER
hago
PARECER
parezco
VER
veo
om pa ny
INFINITIVE
comviv-
teng-
hag-
parezc-
C
ve-
Step 3 Add the following endings:
na l
Combining Step 1 and Step 2, remember to Go to yo and drop the ‘o’.
-ER AND -IR VERBS
-e
-a
-es
-as
-e
-a
nosotros/as
-emos
-amos
vosotros/as
-éis
-áis
ellos/ellas/ustedes
-en
-an
yo tú
Ed
uc
él/ella/usted
at io
-AR VERBS
e
The table below shows the full subjunctive conjugations for the verbs hablar, comer and hacer. COMER
HACER
yo
hable
coma
haga
tú
hables
comas
hagas
él/ella/usted
hable
coma
haga
nosotros/as
hablemos
comamos
hagamos
vosotros/as
habléis
comáis
hagáis
ellos/ellas/ustedes
hablen
coman
hagan
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