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Mastering the Imperfect Subjunctive in Spanish

Learn when and how to use the Imperfect Subjunctive in Spanish, practice forming verbs, understand mood vs. tense, and tackle irregular verbs. Improve your language skills now!

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Mastering the Imperfect Subjunctive in Spanish

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  1. When do you use the Past (Imperfect) Subjunctive? • The Imperfect Subjunctive refers to events or ideas that did nothappen.

  2. El imperfecto del subjuntivo / Past subjunctive • The subjunctive is not a tense. It is a mood. • Tense refers to when an action takes place (past, present, future: the indicative), while mood merely reflects how the speaker feels about the action. • The subjunctive mood is rarely used in English, but it is widely used in Spanish.

  3. How to form the imperfect subjuntive: Hablar ->To talk Ellos form in the preterite: Hablaron Drop ronand add endings: HablaraHabláramosHablarasHablarais HablaraHablaran • The endings for ar/er/ir are all the same!!! • Ellos form in the PRETERITE TENSE. • Drop “ron” and add these endings: • 3. add these endings:

  4. In the indicative The word has meaning “they wrote” In the subjunctive: the conjugated words needs to be in a sentence to have meaning

  5. KNOW THE IRREGULARS IN THE PRETERITE!!!! tener Use ALL of the irregulars in the preterite ELLLOS form. • tener -> to have • ellostuvieron • tuvie + endings estar

  6. Concordancia de tiempos verbales MainClause Pretérito Imperfecto Condicional Presente perfecto DependentClause Imperfectodel subjutivo MainClause Presente Presente progresivo Futuro Imperativo (commands) DependentClause Presente del subjuntivo

  7. Mainclause + que + subordianteclause. Subjectchangeafter “que” Mi mamá quería + que + yo ahorrara dinero. Yo quería + que+ tú invirtieras en mi compañía.

  8. Practica: Sacatustarjetas!! (verde, rosa y anaranjada) My boss wanted me to work extra hours. Mi jefe quería + que + yotrabajara horas extra. Mi jefe auería+ que + yotrabajara horas extra.

  9. Practica • I wanted you to deposit the checks. • (imperfect) • I would prefer if you did not waste your money. • (conditional) • I told her to borrow money from the accountant. • (preterite)

  10. I wanted you to deposit the checks. • Yoqueríaque túdepositarasloscheques. • I would prefer if you did not waste your money. • Yopreferiríaque tú no malgastarastudinero. • I told you to lend him money. • Yotedijeque le prestaradinero.

  11. Also….. • Use the imperfect subjunctive with ”si clauses”

  12. Si clausesexpress hypothetical, improbable, or contrary-to-fact situations. These conditional sentences have two parts: -the condition, or si clause, -and the main or result clause.

  13. Si clauses • Si + past (imperfect) subjunctive

  14. Practica • If I had a lot of money, I would invest it in the stock market. • If I cashed my check, I would waste it buying candy and ice cream • She would buy a house if she earned well. • We would be rich if we didn’t spend all of our money.

  15. If I had a lot of money, I would invest it in the stock market. • Si you tuviera mucho dinero, yo lo invertiríaen la bolsa de valores. • If I cashed my check, I would not waste it on coffee. • Si yocobrara mi cheque, yo no lo malgastaríaen café. • She would buy a house if she earned well. • Ella compraríauna casa siellaganarabien. • We would be rich if we didn’t spend all of our money. • Seríamosricossi no gastaramostodonuestrodinero.

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