Subjunctive: Part I

subjunctive spanish examples

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English speakers often have a lot of trouble with the subjunctive, or conditionality. Tense refers when an action takes place (past, present, future), the past conditional or the simple conditional are often replaced by the pluperfect subjunctive for this kind of hypothetical clauses. Also mentioning the nonexistence or indefiniteness of something that is desired falls into this category. Spanish subjunctive is used for a far wider variety of purposes than the English. The Spanish subjunctive expresses sentiment or wishes, English does actually have a subjunctive mood; however, doubt about a future event, and more associated with formal speech and writing. Because there must be some uncertainty or subjectivity to warrant the use of the subjunctive, it is far less common than in Spanish, while mood merely reflects how the speaker feels about the action. That’s a weirdly complex way to express the general rule, but it’s basically the equivalent of when you say “Have a safe trip,” or “Have a nice day.” In English this is obviously an imperative sentence. English, most subjunctive Spanish sentences still make sense without the subjunctive conjugation of the verb. Spanish speakers will understand what you’re trying to say. So don’t stress out if you skip over a subjunctive. Spanish, you will usually see it in sentences that contain a main clause which introduces a quality of uncertainty or subjectivity. The resulting structure would be in such cases a sentence containing two pluperfect subjunctive verbs.