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48. Examples in the Present Subjunctive


[03:44:34] I'll be presenting sentences that are only in the present subjunctive in my two previous videos I explained the subjunctive in Spanish along with the types of verbs that are used in the present subjunctive in case you don't remember the construction subject verb K

[on-screen 03:44:44] subject/verb/que/subject/verb main clause que/subject/verb

[03:44:45] subject verb or a main Clause K subject verb is the typical phrase that you will see in the subjunctive however to activate the subjunctive the first verb

[on-screen 03:44:53] WEIRD subject/verb/que/subject/verb main clause que/subject/verb

[03:44:53] must come from weird and these are the

[on-screen 03:44:54] Verbs that activate the subjunctive: (the first verb in the sentence, coming from W.E.!.R.D) Wilk Emotion: ¢ Preferir - to prefer ¢ Esperar - to hope ¢ Necesitar - to need © Gustar - to be pleased © Querer - to want ¢ Tener miedo - to be afraid Influence: Recommendation: * Desear - to wish/to desire * Aconsejar - to advise ¢ Insistir (en) - to insist (on) ¢ Sugerir - to suggest ¢ Recomendar - to recommend Doubt/Disbelief/Denial: ¢ Dudar - to doubt « Negar - to deny © No pensar - to not think

[03:44:55] most common weird verbs which I've shown in the previous videos instead of using every verb I'll be showing one useful

[on-screen 03:45:00] Verbs that activate the subjunctive: (the first verb in the sentence, coming from W.E.!.R.D) Will: Emotion: ¢ Querer - to want Esperar - to hope influence: Recommendation: © Desear - to wish/to desire ¢ Recomendar - to recommend Doubt/Disbelief/Denial: © Dudar - to doubt

[03:45:00] sentence using a different pronoun and one verb from each category to demonstrate sentences in the present subjunctive let's take the following

[on-screen 03:45:06] Verbs that activate the subjunctive: (the first verb in the sentence, coming from W.E.!.R.D) ¢ Will - Yo quiero que sujeto/verbo ¢ Emotion - Tu esperas que sujeto/verbo e Influence - Ella desea que sujeto/verbo ¢ Recommendation - Recomendamos que sujeto/verbo ¢ Doubt/Disbelief/Denial - Ellos dudan que sujeto/verbo

[03:45:07] phrases y subject verb to verb and these are the sentences that I'll utilize throughout the video the first verbs in these cases all activate the present subjunctive and match their pronouns the second part however is any form of the subjunctive consisting of any subject and any verb but in this case it's in the present just to let you know when I'll be showing these sentences in context I'll use the system of conjugation for every type of verb that I showed in the previous video without actually saying what type of verb I'm using to make practice more legit in case you don't remember you can always watch the previous video and one last thing that I can add is that sometimes I'll be implementing other Spanish Concepts in a few main Clauses just to make practice more beneficial now let's begin with the following phrases and work backwards take a look

[on-screen 03:45:53] Yo quiero que tu estudies espanol

[03:45:53] at this phrase y Estus espanol this phrase is already in Spanish with two

[on-screen 03:45:59] Yo quiero que tu estudies espanol

[03:45:59] Estus being the subject and the verb and with estud being an AR verb that is conjugated for the two pronoun in the present subjunctive how would you say this phrase in English now here we have two options first if you want to visually translate the sentence then you can say I want

[on-screen 03:46:14] Yo quiero que tu estudies espanol | want that you study Spanish

[03:46:15] that you study Spanish but it doesn't really make sense to say that even though it technically works on the other hand the second option is more logical in English but it doesn't work visually in Spanish I want you to study Spanish

[on-screen 03:46:24] Yo quiero que tu estudies espanol | want that you study Spanish | want you to study Spanish

[03:46:25] using a complete infinitive to study while it doesn't matter which phrase you say because both are correct I'll focus

[on-screen 03:46:31] Yo quiero que tu estudies espanol | want that you study Spanish | want you to study Spanish

[03:46:31] on both of them because we'll sometimes have cases when the two sentences can be applied making it logical and practical how would you say this phrase I want him

[on-screen 03:46:37] | want him to use it

[03:46:38] to use it

[on-screen 03:46:41] | want that he uses it | want him to use it Yo quiero que él lo use

[03:46:45] want that he uses it how would you say

[on-screen 03:46:47] | want that they win the game | want them to win the game

[03:46:47] one of these

[on-screen 03:46:51] | want that they win the game | want them to win the game Yo quiero que ellos ganen el juego

[on-screen 03:46:53] You hope that I buy the book

[on-screen 03:46:57] You hope that | buy the book Tu esperas que yo compre el libro

[03:47:01] sense both in English and Spanish how

[on-screen 03:47:03] You hope that he eats his food

[03:47:03] would you say this

[on-screen 03:47:06] You hope that he eats his food Tu esperas que él coma su comida

[on-screen 03:47:09] You hope that they read some books Tu esperas que ellos lean algunos libros

[on-screen 03:47:16] She desires that you share it with her Ella desea que tu lo compartas con ella

[on-screen 03:47:22] She desires that we write more Ella desea que escribamos mas

[on-screen 03:47:30] We recommend that you drive this car We recommend you to drive this car

[03:47:30] how do you say one of these

[on-screen 03:47:34] We recommend that you drive this car We recommend you to drive this car Te recomendamos que tu conduzcas este coche

[03:47:38] because we had to put a direct object

[on-screen 03:47:39] We recommend that you drive this car We recommend you to drive this car Te recomendamos que tu conduzcas este coche

[03:47:40] pronoun in the beginning along with an irregular y verb in the present subjunctive how would you say one of

[on-screen 03:47:44] We recommend that he drives with safety We recommend him to drive with safety A élle recomendamos que él conduzca con seguridad

[on-screen 03:47:52] They doubt that he says much Ellos dudan que él diga mucho

[03:47:58] sense how would you say

[on-screen 03:47:59] They doubt that you tell them that Ellos dudan que tu les digas eso

[on-screen 03:48:05] | want that you do it Yo quiero que tu lo hagas

[03:48:09] how would you say

[on-screen 03:48:10] | want that they make some food Yo quiero que ellos hagan algo de comida

[on-screen 03:48:16] You hope that we have what you need Tu esperas que tengamos lo que tu necesitas

[on-screen 03:48:23] You hope that he has something else Tu esperas que él tenga algo mas

[on-screen 03:48:28] She desires that you come right now Ella desea que tu vengas ahora mismo

[on-screen 03:48:34] She desires that we come tomorrow Ella desea que vengamos manana

[on-screen 03:48:39] They doubt that I see them

[on-screen 03:48:42] They doubt that | see them Ellos dudan que yo los vea

[on-screen 03:48:44] They doubt that you see me Ellos dudan que tu me veas

[on-screen 03:48:50] We recommend that you practice every day We recommend you to practice every day

[03:48:50] you say one of these

[on-screen 03:48:54] We recommend that you practice every day We recommend you to practice every day Te recomendamos que tu practiques todos los dias

[on-screen 03:48:57] We recommend that he practices on the weekends We recommend him to practice on the weekends A él le recomendamos que él practique los fines de semana

[on-screen 03:49:05] | want that he plays with his friends | want him to play with his friends Yo quiero que el juegue con sus amigos

[on-screen 03:49:13] | want that they play alone | want them to play alone Yo quiero que ellos juezuen solos

[on-screen 03:49:18] | want that you analyze this phrase | want you to analyze this phrase Yo quiero que tu analices esta frase

[on-screen 03:49:24] You hope that I can do it Tu esperas que yo pueda hacerlo

[03:49:31] could have put the direct object pronoun before the conjugated verb what about

[on-screen 03:49:34] You hope that they can study in silence Tu esperas que ellos puedan estudiar en silencio

[on-screen 03:49:41] You hope that I understand you

[on-screen 03:49:44] You hope that | understand you Tu esperas que yo te entienda

[on-screen 03:49:46] You hope that they understand what you say Tu esperas que ellos entiendan lo que tu dices

[03:49:53] where I'll show some general main Clauses that have a subject and a verb after how would you say this

[on-screen 03:49:58] Its necessary that we are here Es necesario que estemos aqui

[on-screen 03:50:03] Its important that you give me it now Es importante que tu me lo des ahora

[on-screen 03:50:09] Its good that she is happy Es bueno que ella sea feliz

[on-screen 03:50:13] Its bad that I know what it is Es malo que yo sepa lo que es

[03:50:19] is this

[on-screen 03:50:20] Its sad that they go without saying goodbye Es triste que ellos vayan sin decir adiés

[03:50:27] concept of the present subjunctive comes to an end even though the phrases in this video were sort of one-dimensional and sometimes not that relevant my goal was just to present the system of the present subjunctive at the end of the day it's up to you to make make any sentence that you want using any subject and any verb because this is how you're supposed to think whenever you learn new language Concepts even though some sentences did not make sense my goal was to give the idea of the present subjunctive and from there you could have said anything that you wanted and it will be the same idea for the next tenses of the subjunctive I could have extended the video by talking about the present subjunctive using different

[on-screen 03:50:59] The Present Subjunctive with: 1. Expressions 2. Conjunctions 3. Adjective clauses

[03:50:59] Expressions conjunctions and adjective Clauses but I chose not to because it's

[on-screen 03:51:02] The Pres ubj ive with: 1. ons 2.C ions 3. tive es

[03:51:03] an even trickier topic that will probably confuse you even more so that's that the past subjunctive in Spanish