1 / 5

Present subjunctive following verbs and expressions of doubt and uncertainty

Estructura II: Expressing doubts, uncertainty, and hypothesizing: the subjunctive with verbs, expressions of uncertainty, and with adjective clauses.

shayla
Download Presentation

Present subjunctive following verbs and expressions of doubt and uncertainty

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Estructura II: Expressing doubts, uncertainty, and hypothesizing: the subjunctive with verbs, expressions of uncertainty, and with adjective clauses • Es sábado y es obvio que es un día perfecto para ir al lago. Es cierto que todos están divirtiéndose mucho. Es posible que estas personas vivan en la ciudad y es probable que se cansen del ruido y la contaminación.

  2. Present subjunctive following verbs and expressions of doubt and uncertainty • Subjunctive mood • used to express • doubt, uncertainty, disbelief • nonexistence and indefiniteness • I doubt that he runs ten miles. • Dudo que él corra diez millas.* • verbs used like those shown in Estructura I

  3. Present subjunctive following verbs and expressions of doubt and uncertainty • Verbs that communicate uncertainty dudar(to doubt) • I doubt that Rona conserves energy. • Dudo que Rona conserve energía. es dudoso(it’s doubtful) • It’s doubtful that there is much pure water. • Es dudoso que haya mucha agua pura.

  4. Present subjunctive following verbs and expressions of doubt and uncertainty • Verbs that communicate uncertainty no creer(not to believe) • I don’t believe that we will save the planet. • No creo que salvemos el planeta. no es cierto(it is not true) • It’s not true that we have enough natural resources. • No es cierto que tengamos suficientes recursos naturales.

  5. Present subjunctive following verbs and expressions of doubt and uncertainty • Verbs that communicate uncertainty no estar seguro(a) (de)(to be uncertain) • I’m not sure that recycling helps. • No estoy seguro de que ayude el reciclaje. no pensar(to not think) • I don’t think that we should continue like this. • No pienso que debamos seguir así.

More Related