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The following is a list of clauses commonly associated with the use of the Spanish

subjunctive (about 80 expressions):


 
Subjunctive in Spanish
a menos que  (unless) gustar que  (to like that)
aconsejar(le) que  (to advise that) gustaría que  (would like that)
alegrarse de que (to be happy that) hace falta que (to be necessary that)
antes  (de) que  (before) hasta que (until)
con tal  (de) que  (so that) importar(le) que (to matter)
conviene que  (it is advisable that) insistir en que (to insist that)
cuando  (when) mandar que (to order that)
dar(le) miedo de que (to be afraid that) más vale que (it's better that)
decir(le) que (to tell someone to do mientras que (while)
something!)
dejar que (to allow someone to do molestar(le) que (to bother)
something)
después  (de) que (after) negar que (to deny that)
dudar que (to doubt that) no creer que (not to believe that)
en caso de que (in case) no es cierto que (it's not certain that)
en cuanto (as soon as) no es verdad que (it's not true that)
es  (una) lástima que (it's a pity that) no estar convencido de que (not be convinced
that)
es aconsejable que (it's advisable that) no estar de acuerdo con (to not agree with)
es bueno que (it's good that) no estar seguro de que (to not be sure that)
es difícil que (it's difficult for) no imaginarse que (to not imagine that)
es dudoso que (it is doubtful that) no parecer que (to not seem that)
es fácil que (it's easy for) no pensar que (to not think that)
es fantástico que (it's fantastic that) no suponer que (to not suppose that)
es importante que (it's important that) ojalá que (if only he would)
es improbable que (it's unlikely that) para que (in order that)
es incierto que (it's uncertain that) parecer(le) bien/mal que (to seem right/wrong
that)
es increíble que (it's incredible that) pedir(le) que (to ask someone to do
something!)
es malo que (it's bad that) perdonar que  (to ask forgiveness for)
es mejor que (it's better that) preferir que (to prefer that)
es menester que (it's necessary that) prohibir que (to prohibit that)
es necesario que (it's necessary that) puede ser que (it may be that)
es posible que (it's possible that) querer que (imperative: to want that)
es preciso que (it's necessary that) recomendar(le) que  (to recommend that)
es preferible que (it's preferable that) rogar que (to plead/ beg that)
es probable que (it's probable that) sentir que (to regret that)
es raro que (it's rare that) sin que (without)
es ridículo que (it's ridiculous that) sugerir que (to suggest that)
es terrible que (it's terrible that) tan pronto como (as soon as)
esperar que (to hope/hope that) temer que (to fear that)
estar contento que…(to be happy that) tener miedo de que (to be afraid that)
estar en contra de que (to be against) vale/merece la pena que (to be worthwhile to)
 
 
Spanish Subjunctive (Present Tense)
Regular verb ending with –ar = e verb ending with – verb ending with -
yo hable er = a ir = iera
tú hables venda escriba
él, Ud hable vendas escribas
nosotros  hablemos venda escriba
ellos, Uds hablen vendamos escribamos
vendan escriban

Irregular Estar / jugar    –ar = e Ser / saber      –er = a Ir / mentir        -ir = iera


yo esté - juegue sea - sepa vaya - mienta
tú estés - juegues seas - sepas vayas - mientas
él, Ud esté - juegue sea - sepa vaya – mienta 
nosotros  estemos - juguemos seamos - sepamos vayamos - mintamos
ellos, Uds estén - jueguen sean - sepan vayan - mientan
 
Note that some other irregular verbs have different irregularities not listed in the table
above.
The Imperfect subjunctive is formed by adding a set of endings terminating in either -
ra or -se (with no difference in usage or meaning) to the verb stem, with one set of
endings for first conjugation (-ar) verbs and another set of endings for second (-er) and
third (-ir) conjugation verbs, and is used in the same type of situations in which the
present subjunctive is used, except that the governing verb is typically in a past
tense (e.g., the preterit, imperfect, past perfect, conditional, conditional perfect, or one of
the past subjunctives):  Esperaba que él dormiera (or dormiese) pronto (I was expecting
him to sleep soon).
 
Spanish Imperfect Subjunctive
Regular verb ending with – verb ending with – verb ending with -
yo ar = ara er = iera ir = iera
tú hablara vendiera escribiera
él, Ud hablaras vendieras escribieras
nosotros  hablara vendiera escribiera
ellos, Uds habláramos vendiéramos escribiéramos
hablaran vendieran escribiera
 
The perfect subjunctive is a compound tense formed by the present subjunctive of haber
and the past participle of the main verb. And is normally used to indicate the action as
completed with governing verbs in the present or future tense or command
forms. Examples: Me alegro de que él haya llegado (I’m glad he has arrived):
 
Spanish Perfect Subjunctive
Regular All verb (-ar, -er, -ir)  
yo haya     hablado
tú hayas +  comido     He has spoken/eaten/lived
él, Ud haya
nosotros  hayamos     vivido
ellos, Uds hayan  

The Pluperfect subjunctive is a compound tense formed by the imperfect subjunctive of


haber and the past participle of the main verb. Similar to the past perfect indicative, this
tense is may be used to indicate an action or state that occurred prior to something in
the past (usually expressed by the imperfect or preterit indicative, or by the past
subjunctive): Dudábamos que hubieran dormido (We doubted that they had slept).
 
Spanish Pluperfect Subjunctive
yo hubiera    
tú hubieras hablado  
él/ella/usted hubiera comido I had spoken/
nosotros/vosotras hubiéramos vivido
vosotros/vosotras hubierais
ellos/ellas/ustedes hubieran

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