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Subjunctive
What is the subjunctive mood?
Sentence Structure
First Dude
Funky Fraze
Second Dude
Subjunctive
Funky Frazes that Trigger the Subjunctive
Unidad 3 Lección 2
The following "funky frazes" have "it" as their first dude. ex: It is important that ... or It is sad that...
Es bueno que - it is good that
Es malo que- it is bad that
Es difícil que - it is hard that
Es fácil que- it is easy that
Es importante que- it is important that
Es posible que- it is possible that
Es imposible que- it is impossible that
Es interesante que- it is interesting that
Es necesario que- it is necessary that
Es raro que- it is strange that
Es una lástima que- it is shame that
Es una pena que- it is a shame that
Es lamentable que- it is a shame that
Es una buena/mala idea que- it is a good or bad idea that
Es imprescindible que- it is imperative that
Es peligroso que- it is dangerous that
Examples:
Es importante que tú hagas la tarea.
Es imprescindible que Marta estudie para el examen.
Unidad 4 Lección 1
The following Funky Frazes need to be conjugated for the first dude. Remember the sentence structure is First Dude, Funky Fraze, Second Dude, Subjunctive.
______ desear que - to hope that
______ esperar que - to hope that
______ querer (ie) que - to want
______ preferir (ie) que - to prefer
______ pedir (i) que - to ask
______ exigir que - to demand
______ mandar que - to command
______ insistir (en) que - to insist
______ aconsejar que - to advise
______ sugerir (ie) que - to suggest
______ recomendar (ie) que- to recommend
______ dejar que - to allow
______ permitir que - to allow
______ prohibir que - to prohibit
Yo deseo que tú vayas a la fiesta.
Juana espera que Felipe gane la competencia
Sra. Romero recomienda que Uds memoricen los Funky Frazes.
Ojalá que - God willing
For this Funky Fraze, God is the first dude.
Ojalá que nosotros tengamos vacaciones pronto
Unidad 4 Lección 2
The following Funky Frazes express doubt. If, however, you think that something is indeed true then there is certainty and you can't use the subjunctive.
______ dudar que - to doubt that
______ no estar de acuerdo con que - to disagree that
______ no estar seguro de que - to be unsure that
______ no creer que - to not believe that
______ no pensar que - to not think that
es dudoso que - it is doubtful that
es imposible que - it is impossible that
es improbable que - it is improbable that
no es cierto que - it is not true that
no es verdad que - it is not true that
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