SPANISH SUBJUNCTIVE

Definition:Spanish subjunctive is a mood because it doesn’t deal with factual reality that isn’t concrete what someone wants to happen or what might happen but with opinions, wishing, feelings, supposed, doubted, dreams and speculation.

Subjunctive in Spanish

Verbs or Expression for will or want

Which express an order, a need, a piece of advice, or a desire.

English	Spanish
to advise	aconsejar que
to tell	decir que
to let, allow	dejar que
to desire that	desear que
it’s time that	es hora que
it is important that	es importante que
it is necessary that	es necesario que
to hope that	esperar que
it is necessary that	es preciso que
to avoid	evitar que
to demand that	exigir que

Verbs or Expression for emotion or feeling

Which indicate fear, happiness, anger, regret, surprise, or other sentiments or biases.

English	Spanish
to be happy that	alegrarse de que
it’s good that	es bueno que
it’s convenient that	es conveniente que
it’s hard	es difícil que
it’s strange that	es extraño que
it’s easy	es fácil que
it’s incredible that	es increíble que
it’s interesting that	es interesante

Verbs or Expression for doubt, possibility, opinion

English	Spanish
to appear, seem that	aparecer que
to hate	detestar que
to doubt	dudar que
it is doubtful that	es dudoso que
it is impossible that	es imposible que
it is improbable that	es improbable que
it is possible that	es posible que
it is probable that	es probable que
to deny	negar que

Nota:

• Busco un libro que me interese (It may not exist = doubt)
• Busco el libro que estaba leyendo (I know it exists = no doubt)

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