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Subjunctive

The subjunctive form is used for verbs that have not definitely happened or definitely will happen.
Example: I hope that you will run.
In that sentence, “you” will not definitely run. The speaker is merely talking about “you” running.

Here is how to make verbs in the subjunctive tense in Spanish:

put the verb in the “yo-form”
drop the “o”
-ar verbs get -er endings
-er and -ir verbs get -ar endings

(there are some irregulars, but I will get to those later)

example: hablar => hablo => habl- => hable hablemos
hables hableis (accent over e)
hable hablen

For -gar, -zar, and -car verbs, keep the pronunciation of the consonants.

For stem changers:
-ar and -er verbs that have stem changes in present tense keep the stem change in the boot. The boot is all verb form except for nosotros and vosotros.
Example:
Contar: cuente contamos
cuentes conteis (accent over e)
cuente cuenten

-ir verbs are a little bit different. They still maintain the stem change inside the boot, but out side the boot there is either an e->i stem change or and o->u stem change.

Now the irregulars:
dar:
de(accent over e) demos
des deis
de(accent over e) den

estar:
este(accent over e) estemos
estes esteis
este(accent over e) esten(accent over e)

ir:
vaya vayamos
vayas vayais(accent over a)
vaya vayan


saber:
sepa sepamos
sepas sepais(accent over a)
sepa sepan

ser:
sea seamos
seas seais(accent over a)
sea sean

This is how you use subjunctive in a Spanish sentence:

verb of influence (“I hope” from the first example sentence) + que + new subject + subjunctive verb

I hope that you will run = Espero que tu corras