presente de subjuntivo · Spanish

Expressing wishes or desires

Quiero que vengas

I want you to come

Expressing doubt or uncertainty

Dudo que sea verdad

I doubt it's true

Impersonal expressions

Es importante que estudies

It's important that you study

After conjunctions of purpose or contingency

Te llamaré cuando llegue

I will call you when I arrive

Completely Irregular

Irregular Stem: b → p

Irregular Stem: e → ie

Irregular Stem: e → ie & Spelling Change: z → c

Irregular Stem: e → ie / i

Irregular Stem: e → i

Irregular Stem: o → ue

Irregular Stem: o → ue / u

Irregular Stem: u → ue & Spelling Change: g → gu

Irregular Stem (from Present 'yo'): ‑g‑

Spelling Change: vowel → y

Irregular Stem (from Present 'yo'): ‑j‑

Irregular Stem (from Present 'yo'): ‑zc‑

Irregular Form

Spelling Change: c → qu

Spelling Change: g → gu

Spelling Change: z → c

When is the presente de subjuntivo used in Spanish?

The present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) is used to express wishes, doubts, emotions, and other subjective or non-factual situations. The main cases are expressing wishes or desires, expressing doubt or uncertainty, impersonal expressions and after conjunctions of purpose or contingency. For example: Quiero que vengas — I want you to come.

What are the presente de subjuntivo endings in Spanish?

Regular verbs take: -ar: yo -e, tú -es, él -e, nos. -emos, vos. -éis, ellos -en; -er: yo -a, tú -as, él -a, nos. -amos, vos. -áis, ellos -an; -ir: yo -a, tú -as, él -a, nos. -amos, vos. -áis, ellos -an.

Which verbs are irregular in the presente de subjuntivo?

The most common ones are ser, estar, tener, hacer, poder, decir, haber and ir. Each has its own conjugation table with the full set of forms.

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