Conjugate irregular verb dar in the present subjunctive in Spanish (El Presente de Subjuntivo)

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Last updated: 2022-05-25

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Dar (to give) has regular endings in El Presente de Subjuntivo, but an irregular and very short stem d-.

Conjugate dar in El Presente de Subjuntivo in Spanish

yo	dé
tú	des
él / ella / Ud.	dé
nosotros	demos
vosotros	deis
ellos / ellas / Uds.	den

See and listen to these examples:

Raul quiere que yo te dé dinero.Raul wants me to give you money.

Es bueno que des tus ahorros a la beneficencia.It's good that you give your savings to charity.

Quiero que ella me dé consejo.I want her to give me some advice.

Es conveniente que demos los documentos al abogado.It is advisable that we give the documents to the lawyer.

Os pido que me deis mis libros.I ask you to give me my books. [you = vosotros]

Esperamos que den folletos de información en la oficina.We hope that they give information leaflets in the office.

Esperamos que ustedes den la buena noticia a la familia pronto.We hope you give the good news to the family soon.

Remember the written accent on the 1st and 3rd person singular to differentiate them from the preposition de.

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