Subjunctive Conjugations

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

Think you’ve got it? Test yourself on the Spanish subjunctive with these fill-in-the-blanks exercises:

• Buganvilla
• La noche de Reyes

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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
   

 En français

• Subjonctif : conjugaisons régulières
   

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