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Usos de subjuntivo. Subjunctive exists in English , though only rarely does it differ in form from the indicative. Por ejemplo I wish I knew…. If I had a million dollars … If I were… The subjunctive is used after verbs of will and influence, verbs of emotion and verbs of doubt and denial.
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Usos de subjuntivo Subjunctive exists in English , though only rarely does it differ in form from the indicative. Porejemplo I wish I knew…. If I had a million dollars … If I were… The subjunctive is used after verbs of will and influence, verbs of emotion and verbs of doubt and denial. We are going to to treat becoming proficient in subjunctive as a process, adding a few uses at a time!
1. Ojaláque • The expression ojaláque is always folllowed by subjunctive! • The use of que with ojalá is optional. • It means “I hope” or “hopefully” and originally came from an arabic word meaning something like “may Allah grant that.”
2. Quizás, Tal vez • These 2 expressions most often signal uncertainty of some kind. They mean “maybe, perhaps” in English • When they indicate uncertainty or doubt they are followed by subjunctive. ( this is most of the time) • So, for our purposes at present we will assume that they will be followed by subjunctive.
Rellena el espacio con la forma correcta del subjuntivo • 1. Ojaláque no (nevar) • 2. Quizás mi amigo (llegar) atiempo al estreno. • 3. Tazveznosotros (poder) oír la bandasonoraprimero • 4. Ojaláque José (irse) • 5. Quizásellos lo (buscar) • 6. Tal vez el maestro no nos ( dar ) un examen. • 7. Ojaláque el locutor (ser) cómico. • nieve/ Hopefully it…. • Llegue / Perhaps my friend… • Podamos / Maybe, Perhaps we …… • Se vaya/ Hopefully José …. • Busquen / Perhaps, maybe they…. • Dé / Perhaps, maybe the teacher won’t…. • Sea/ Hopefully the radio announcer ….