All yo-go verbs in Spanish, i.e verbs where the yo form ends in -go in El Presente, take that same stem to form El Presente de Subjuntivo and keep it all the way through the conjugation. However, the El Presente de Subjuntivo endings are the same as regular -er and -ir verbs endings.
Have a look a the following table showing two common verbs, tener (to have) and venir (to come):
| TENER to have |
VENIR to come |
|
| yo | tenga | venga |
| tú | tengas | vengas |
|
él / ella |
tenga | venga |
| nosotros nosotras |
tengamos | vengamos |
| vosotros vosotras |
tengáis | vengáis |
| ellos / ellas ustedes |
tengan | vengan |
Have a look and listen to these examples:
Hola,
Can I check my understanding of one of the questions I completed please. The question was ¿Crees que es bueno que Juan ________? (venga).
I thought that when we use "Creer" [I think / believe] it takes the indicative because it is our opinion / belief, there isn't an element of doubt. My question is, does it take the subjunctive because it is a question about what someone else thinks / believes?
Thanks. John
The verb after "crees que" is "es" which is in the indicative. However, "es bueno que" is always followed by the subjunctive.
Whether "crees que" should take the subjunctive because it's a question is an interesting point, though. I don't think it does in Spanish, but I'm not 100% sure. In French it would require the subjunctive.
Hola John
Exactly as Alan said. You can see the indicative in "es" after "crees que", and then the subjunctive after es + adjective + que constructions: "venga".
As per Alan's question about ¿crees que...? taking or not the subjunctive as a question, no, it doesn't in Spanish. Even when we use it in negative "¿No crees que Laura es hermosa? (Don't you think Laura is beautiful?; UNLESS, someone has previously established in the conversation that "Laura is beautiful", and then someone shows some doubts about this and another person then says "¿No crees que Laura sea hermosa?" In this case we'd most probably use the subjunctive "sea" because this bit of information has already been shared among the speakers. It is a shared information and this would trigger the subjunctive.
Inma
Hola,
Can I check my understanding of one of the questions I completed please. The question was ¿Crees que es bueno que Juan ________? (venga).
I thought that when we use "Creer" [I think / believe] it takes the indicative because it is our opinion / belief, there isn't an element of doubt. My question is, does it take the subjunctive because it is a question about what someone else thinks / believes?
Thanks. John
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I believe that a couple of the examples used are commands (Imperatives), not subjunctive. Please clarify. Thanks
example:
¿Dígame? - Hola, ¿puedo hablar con Juan?[on the phone, lit: speak to me] Hello? - Hello, may I speak to Juan?
Hola Papi
The example that you mention with "Dígame" is using the present subjunctive form "diga". It is a direct command but when we use the "usted" form, which is the case of "diga" we need to conjugate the verb in the present subjunctive.
If we gave a command informally using the tú form, then you´d need the Imperative form. See the difference here:
Talking to a friend:
"Dime lo que Laura te dijo ayer" (Tell me what Laura told you yesterday)
Talking to a client:
"Dígame su dirección y le enviaré los documentos" (Tell me your address and I will send you the documents.)
The second is used formally. In this case, the form used is the present subjunctive.(diga)
You will find all the information here. Have a look.
Hope it helps
Saludos
Inma
Ok. I get it. Without arguing semantics, I think it might be a benefit to the students, like me, to say these particular forms are formed or conjugated the same, but that the examples are commands, not subjunctive. The title of the grammar being discussed is "Conjugate yo-go verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo" making me believe we are learning about the subjunctive, and the examples would be subjunctives, not imperatives, which work very differently. You would not add pronouns to the ends of the present subjunctive, but rather commands. Honestly, I am just trying to be helpful. Thank you for all you do!
I believe that a couple of the examples used are commands (Imperatives), not subjunctive. Please clarify. Thanks
example:
¿Dígame? - Hola, ¿puedo hablar con Juan?[on the phone, lit: speak to me] Hello? - Hello, may I speak to Juan?
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