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Co-construction: What is the subjunctive?

Based on the song lyrics we can tell that there were some verb endings that do not match what we would have expected given the type of verb (ar, er, ir) that they are.

This conjugation is called the subjunctive. Below you will find the endings that you will use with the present subjunctive.

AR verbs
Yo       -e
 Nosotros    -emos
Nosotras
Tú       -es
 Vosotros    -éis
Vosotras
Él
Ella     -e
Ud.
 Ellos
Ellas           -en
Uds.


ER and IR verbs
Yo       -a
 Nosotros     -amos
Nosotras
Tú       -as
 Vosotros      -áis
Vosotras
Él
Ella     -a
Ud.
 Ellos
Ellas            -an
Uds.


Let's try this with the verb hablar.
Yo
Tú
Él
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ellos

Great, now with the verb comer.
Yo
Tú
Ella
Nosotras
Vosotras
Ellas

Now we know what the conjugation is for the subjunctive, but when do we use the subjunctive?

Generally the subjunctive is used in the following situations:


The phrases in the picture below will almost always indicate usage of the subjunctive.