Language Transfer 69- 79 Subjunctive, Mood Tense Flashcards
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Not only is it the problem it is the biggest problem
Conjugate to the mood tense,
To speak
To eat
The changing of (is) and (it) so that it becomes an imperative and not a question, creates the mood tense
To create the mood tense ar verbs switch to an er ending and with er ir verbs you use the ar ending
Hablo becomes hable
Hablas, hables
Habla hable
Hablamos hablemos
Hablan hablen
Comer
Como becomes coma
Comes comas
Come coma
Comemos comamos
Comen coman
I want that you wait
Do you want that I wait for you?
Quiero que esperes
Quieres que yo te espere?
I want that, I hope that, creates a subjunctive point of view, wanting the world to personally change in some way
I cooked what you are eating. You all
I don’t want you to speak about what we spoke. Informal
Yo cocine lo que coman.
When, what, is not referring to a question it becomes, lo que
No quiero que hables de lo que hablamos.
or to be more clear ‘speak’ in the past tense is, hablabamos.
When we use verbs showing what we want to occur in the world we use que after the verb
To be short of, to lack
I need you to prepare what is missing.
Faltar
Necesito que prepare lo que falta.
The noun lack
Lack of consideration
It is necessary
It is necessary that we eat soon
Falta
Falta de consideracion
Hace falta
Hace falta que comamos pronto
Hace falta que is followed by the mood tense
I prefer that he stays
I prefer that you give it to him
Perfiero que se quede.
Prefiero que se lo des a el
To count or recount (a story)
I tell
A story
to count on,
I want you to count on me,
I want you to tell me,
contar
cuento (a story)
Un cuento
Contar con, count on, count with
Quieres que quentes conmigo.
Quiero que me cuentes.
I want that the man sees
I want that he sees the man
Quiero que el hombre vea.
Quiero que vea al hombre
Conjugate the mood tense for, to see, irregular
Veas
Vea
Vean
Vemimos
I like that the teacher visits
I like that he visits the teacher
Me gusta que el profesor visite
Me gusta que visite al profesor
I like that the teacher visits, uses the mood tense because you are casting your subjectivity onto the world
Another use of the mood tense is when we are giving orders
Don’t speak
Don’t stay
Don’t stay there,
Don’t give it to him
No hables
No te quedes
No te quedas aji
No se lo des
In a positive command the, (me) comes after the changed verb, to attune the ear to it being a command
Wait for me
(They) wait for him
Espereme (written as one word)
Esperenlo
Don’t wait for him
No lo esperen.
In a negative command the lo comes before the changed verb
To forget
I forget it,
I forget
Don’t forget it. Formal
Let’s not forget.
Let’s not forget it
Forget it. Informal
Olvidarse
Lo olvido
Me olvido, (Lo olvido works but if you say simply, I forget, you need to use the reflective. Olvidase, does not want to be alone)
No lo olvide
No olvidemos
No lo olvidemos
Olvidalo
Buy what is missing. You all
Buy what is necessary
Compren lo que falta
Compren lo que hace falta.
Buy it. Informal
Buy me it
Compralo
Compramelo
Positive informal commands, drop the s on the you informal verbs
Eat it. Formal
Comalo.
Don’t eat it. Formal
Don’t sell it .informal
No lo coma
No lo vendas
To quiet
To shut up
Shut up. Informal
Shut up. You all
Callar
Callarse
Callate
Callense
Let it wait
Let it end
Let it end already , enough already
Let him shut up,
Que espere
Que termine
Que termine ya
Que se calle
Use Que and then the subjunctive
When we speak
When we speak, referring to the future
When we eat together we speak, referring to the future
Quando hablamos.
Quando hablemos
Quando comamos juntos hablamos
( the future is stated in comamos so hablamos can remain in the present);
You also use the mood tense after Quando when referring to the future
Possibly referring to a superstition where you can’t quite be certain about the future
Conjugate to go, mood tense, irregular
Vaya I am going
Vayas
Vayan
Vayamos
Generally speaking
We see her when we go
We will see her when we go
La vemos Quando vamos
La vemos quando vayamos.
(vemos stays present because vayamos expresses the future context)
To choose (sounds like elect)
Conjugate the present tense
Conjugate the point in the past
I don’t want you to choose for me.
elegir
Yo elijo
tú eliges
él/ella/usted elige
nosotros elegimos
ellos/ellas/ustedes eligen
Yo elegí
tú elegiste
él/ella/usted eligió
nosotros elegimos
ellos/ellas/ustedes eligieron
No quiero que eligas por me.
por means, on my behalf
para would mean, FOR me