29 8th Subjunctive: Explanations and Indicators 5 List

Question 1

I doubt she will eat

Answer 1

Dudo que coma

Question 2

We need her to eat

Answer 2

Necesitamos que coma

Question 3

He hopes she will eat

Answer 3

Espera que coma

Question 4

Juan, did you ask her to eat

Answer 4

Juan, ¿Pediste que coma?

Question 5

They don’t think she will eat

Answer 5

No piensan que coma

Question 6

All of you want her to eat

Answer 6

Quieren que coma

Question 7

Maria prefers that she eats

Answer 7

Maria prefiere que coma

Question 8

I desire that she eats

Answer 8

Deseo que coma

Question 9

We insist that she eats

Answer 9

Insistimos en que coma

Question 10

He likes her to eat

Answer 10

Le gusta que (ella )coma

Question 11

Pablo tells her to eat

Answer 11

Pablo le dice que coma

Question 12

They don’t think (believe) she will eat

Answer 12

No creen que coma

Question 13

Unless she eats

Answer 13

A menos que coma

Question 14

So that she eats

Answer 14

Para que coma

Question 15

We hope/I hope that she will eat

Answer 15

Ojalá (que) coma

Question 16

Without her eating

Answer 16

Sin que coma ????????????????????

Sin ella comiendo ?????????????

Question 17

Before she eats

Answer 17

Antes que coma

Question 18

Provided that she eats

Answer 18

Con tal de que coma

Question 19

It’s important that she eats

Answer 19

Es importante que coma

Question 20

It’s difficult for her to eat

Answer 20

Es difícil que coma

Question 21

It’s necessary for her to eat

Answer 21

Es necesario que coma

Question 22

It’s possible for her to eat

Answer 22

Es posible que coma

Question 23

Maybe she will eat

Answer 23

Tal vez coma

Question 24

Not Subjunctive

It’s important to eat

(No change of subject)

Answer 24

Subjunctive

It’s important that she eats
change of subject

Question 25

Phrases That Do Not Trigger the Subjunctive

Answer 25

Pienso que Creo que Sé que

Question 26

sugerir que … to suggest that … tan pronto como … as soon as … temer que … to fear that … tener miedo de que … to be afraid that …

Answer 26

Instead of trying to memorize such a long list, why not familiarize yourself with a much shorter list of expressions with which the subjunctive is not used?

Question 27

creer que … to believe that … no dudar que … to not doubt that … es cierto que … es claro que … it is clear that … es evidente que … it is certain that … es obvio que … it is obvious that

Answer 27

estar seguro que … to be sure that … es verdad que … it is true that … no cabe duda que … there’s no doubt that … no es dudoso que … it is not doubtful that … no hay duda que … there is no doubt that

Question 28

The subjunctive in Spanish is a mood.

Answer 28

It is not a tense because it has nothing to do with time, rather it conveys a sense of uncertainty or conditionality.

Question 29

The first trigger is a change in person. This happens with a number of verbs. Take querer: to want. If the verb following querer agrees with the subject of querer, you have not got a subjunctive sentence. If the verb following querer is different to the subject of querer, you’ve got yourself a subjunctive sentence.

Answer 29

For example:

Question 30

(I want to go to the swimming pool) is not subjunctive. Whereas

Answer 30

“Yo quiero ir a la piscina”

Question 31

(I want you to go to the swimming pool) is subjunctive.

Answer 31

“Yo quiero que vayas a la piscina”