Subjuntivo: conjugaciones regulares
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Conjugating regular Spanish verbs in the subjunctive is mostly a matter of changing one vowel to another.
Regular –ar verbs
Take the present tense of the verb and change the A (or O, in yo form) at the beginning of the suffix to E.
HABLAR | Present | Subjunctive | |
…que yo | hablo | hable | |
…que tú | hablas | hables | |
…que él/ella/Ud. | habla | hable | |
…que nosotros | hablamos | hablemos | |
…que vosotros | habláis | habléis | |
…que ellos/Uds. | hablan | hablen |
Regular –er verbs
Take the present tense and change the E (or O) to A.
COMER | Present | Subjunctive | |
…que yo | como | coma | |
…que tú | comes | comas | |
…que él/ella/Ud. | come | coma | |
…que nosotros | comemos | comamos | |
…que vosotros | coméis | comáis | |
…que ellos/Uds. | comen | coman |
Regular -ir verbs
These conjugation rules are a bit more complicated.
- yo form – change O to A
- tú, él, and ellos forms – change E to A
- nosotros form – change I to A
- vosotros form – change Í to ÁI
If this seems too complicated, try this: take off the present tense ending and add the subjunctive ending.
ABRIR | Present | Ending | Subjunctive | |
…que yo | abro | -a | abra | |
…que tú | abres | -as | abras | |
…que él/ella/Ud. | abre | -a | abra | |
…que nosotros | abrimos | -amos | abramos | |
…que vosotros | abrís | -áis | abráis | |
…que ellos/Uds. | abren | -an | abran |
Stem-changing verbs
Stem-changing –ar and –er verbs follow the above rules; they use the same stem as in the present tense and thus maintain their stem changes in the subjunctive.
PENSAR | Present | Subjunctive | |
…que yo | pienso | piense | |
…que tú | piensas | pienses | |
…que él/ella/Ud. | piensa | piense | |
…que nosotros | pensamos | pensemos | |
…que vosotros | pensáis | penséis | |
…que ellos/Uds. | piensan | piensen | |
PODER | Present | Subjunctive | |
…que yo | puedo | pueda | |
…que tú | puedes | puedas | |
…que él/ella/Ud. | puede | pueda | |
…que nosotros | podemos | podamos | |
…que vosotros | podéis | podáis | |
…que ellos/Uds. | pueden | puedan |
Stem-changing –ir verbs are irregular and are thus explained on the irregular conjugations page.
Notes
- In the subjunctive, the first and third person singular conjugations are identical.
- Spanish subjunctive conjugations are the same as imperative conjugations.
Subjunctive Quizzes
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More Spanish Subjunctive
Conjugations
- Regular verbs
- Irregular verbs
- Subjunctive conjugations – PwLS super list
Usage
- Verbs and expressions
- Conjunctions
- Adjective clauses
- Negation and interrogation
- Si clauses
- The Sujunctivisor!
Spanish Subjunctive Tenses
- Present
- Present Perfect
- Imperfect
- Pluperfect
- Future
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