Subjunctive: Part IV
In Part I, you learned that the subjunctive mood is used whenever the speaker feels
uncertain about the action of the sentence, or when the speaker is expressing a subjective
opinion.
You learned that -ar verbs take the endings:
-e, -es, -e, -emos, -éis, -en
And -er and -ir verbs take the endings:
-a, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an
In Part III, you learned how to conjugate verbs in the present subjunctive that change
orthographically.
In this lesson, you will learn about verbs that are irregular in the present tense
subjunctive. The good news is that we will only examine six irregular verbs. The bad news
is that, like all irregular verbs, you just have to memorize them. But wait! More good
news! The practice exercises and the verb flashcards will make memorizing them easy.
Here are the six verbs that are irregular in the present subjunctive:
dar - to give
dé
des
dé
demos
deis
den
estar - to be
esté
estés
esté
estemos
estéis
estén
haber - to have (auxiliary verb)
haya
hayas
haya
hayamos
hayáis
hayan
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In Part II, you learned the basic rules for conjugating regular verbs and stem-changing
verbs.
ir - to go
vaya
vayas
vaya
vayamos
vayáis
vayan
sepa
sepas
sepa
sepamos
sepáis
sepan
ser - to be
sea
seas
sea
seamos
seáis
sean
Let’s add flashcards for the irregular verbs covered in this lesson:
Verb Flashcards
70. Present Subjunctive - dar
dé
des
dé
demos
deis
den
71. Present Subjunctive - estar
esté
estés
esté
estemos
estéis
estén
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saber - to know
72. Present Subjunctive - haber
haya
hayas
haya
hayamos
hayáis
hayan
vaya
vayas
vaya
vayamos
vayáis
vayan
74. Present Subjunctive - saber
sepa
sepas
sepa
sepamos
sepáis
sepan
75. Present Subjunctive - ser
sea
seas
sea
seamos
seáis
sean
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73. Present Subjunctive - ir