Please check my subjunctive workout.

Question

I need some work with the subjunctive mood, so I wrote a bunch of sentences. I'd appreciate if someone would look over them for mistakes. Sorry if they seem a bit random, I was trying to work in some vocabulary words.

Espero que él cave el trinchera bastante profunda.

Quiero que replantees el juego.

Prefiere que sepas su nombre.

Mandan que se edifique una casa para ellos.

Me alegro de que el pordiosero esté feliz.

Estoy enojado de que susurres siempre.

Lamento de que los jugadores comparezcan tantos veces.

Sally le teme de quien susurre en la autobus.

Es increible que ingeras estos alacranes.

Es importante que ingeras las pastillas por el resfriado.

Es una lástima que me endeude.

Es malo que Bill tocara una sobredosis. (This one confuses me. I hear 'tocar' used for taking a drink, but I wasn't sure if it worked for this.)

Aconsejo que ores por lluvia.

Mi suegro recomienda que yo destitua el empleado.

¿Suplicas que arrecien la situación?

Propongo que restaures la homenaje.

No creo que el preso se evidare la celda.

Maria duda que comas alacranes.

Ojalá que el lluvia anegue la escuela.

Ojalá reprimas tus ansias.

Answer 1

Interesting questions, Jason, I will answer them as they show much interest in learning

Quiero que reinicies el juego.

Why was this changed from replantear? I was trying to say, "I want you to rethink the game." Would it have been more clear if I had said "I want you to rethink the rules of the game," or is that just the wrong way to use 'replantear'?

Under the circumstances replatear is correct. Reiniciar is to start over.

Lamento de que los jugadores reclamen tantas veces

I thought comparacer meant "to show up in court." Is that not correct?

What did you want to say?

Sally le teme a quien le susurra en el autobús.

I'm glad to know that the personal 'a' is used even for 'quien'. That's neat. I'm not sure why you changed the verb, though. Is the sentence not subjunctive? Why not?

Temer a alguien so always with a.

le susurre is better, it is not clear if the person does actually whisper.... Unless you mean: she fears who whispers to her, a known person and only that one. both tenses are correct.

Es importante que te tomes las pastillas para el resfriado.

I used ingerir mainly because I was trying to think up a sentence using ingerir. I understand that tomes is the better word, but is there something particularly wrong with using ingerir?

Ingerir una droga, ingerir un alimento. Tomar una pastilla, simply sounds better, you would not use ingerir with tablets.

Que mal que Bill sufriera una sobredosis

Paralee listed "Es malo que" as an impersonal expression that we can use. Is there a particular reason why it doesn't work in this sentence?

Es malo es correcto, pero mejor la sugerencia de Quentin.

No creo que el preso se evadiera de la celda.

I was trying to use evadirse, which my dictionary lists as "to escape". I misspelled it here. If I had written "se evadare" would that have been correct?

This is a mistake, evadiera is the verb to use with "de"

**Ojalá que el lluvia inhunde la escuela

Why does 'anegar' not work?**

This is wrong:

Strange sentence anyway, you want to the school to be flooded???I am guessing it is negative:

Ojalá que la lluvia no inunde la escuela.

Ojalá que la lluvia anegue la escuela.

There is not really anything wrong with using anegar, but the common usage of this word is more like, not cover completely:

El hielo derretido en Groenlandia puede hacer que el mar anegue Nueva York

• Thank you for the help. These little details really provide a lot at this point. - Jason_Bryant Oct 17, 2009

Answer 2

Here are yours and his answers so that you can better compare them.

Espero que él cave el trinchera bastante profunda.

Espero que cave la trinchera bastante profunda.

Quiero que replantees el juego.

Quiero que reinicies el juego.

Prefiere que sepas su nombre.

El prefiere que sepas su nombre / (Yo) Prefiero que sepas su nombre .

Mandan que se edifique una casa para ellos.

Mandan que se edifique una casa para ellos.

Me alegro de que el pordiosero esté feliz.

Me alegro de que el pordiosero esté feliz.

Estoy enojado de que susurres siempre

Estoy enojado de que susurres siempre.

Lamento de que los jugadores comparezcan tantos veces.

Lamento de que los jugadores reclamen tantos veces

Sally le teme de quien susurre en la autobus.

Sally le teme a quien le susurra en la autobus.

Es increible que ingeras estos alacranes.

Es increible que comas estos alacranes.

Es importante que ingeras las pastillas por el resfriado.

Es importante que te tomes las pastillas para el resfriado.

Es una lástima que me endeude

Es una lástima que este endeudado.

Es malo que Bill tocara una sobredosis.

Que mal que Bill tuviera una sobredosis

Aconsejo que ores por lluvia.

Aconsejo que ores para que llueva

Mi suegro recomienda que yo destitua el empleado.

Mi suegro me recomienda que destituya a mi empleado.

Propongo que restaures la homenaje.

Propongo que restaures el homenaje.

No creo que el preso se evidare la celda.

No creo que el preso se evidare la celda. - (don't understan what you tried to say)

Maria duda que comas alacranes.

Maria duda que comas alacranes

Ojalá que el lluvia anegue la escuela.

Ojalá que el lluvia inhunde la escuela

Ojalá reprimas tus ansias.

Ojalá reprimas tus ánsias.

• "Él" "autobús" esté endeudado - qfreed Oct 16, 2009
• puffff, quen, eres el mejor, muy generoso - Heidita Oct 16, 2009
• Changing the color of the words that were changed is very helpful. I still would appreciate some explanation of the changes, 'replantear' and 'reiniciar" are completely different words, so that doesn't make sense. Same thing with some other changes. - Jason_Bryant Oct 16, 2009

Answer 3

Espero que cave la trinchera bastante profunda.

Quiero que reinicies el juego.

El prefiere que sepas su nombre / (Yo) Prefiero que sepas su nombre .

Mandan que se edifique una casa para ellos.

Me alegro de que el pordiosero esté feliz.

Estoy enojado de que susurres siempre.

Lamento de que los jugadores reclamen tantos veces.

Sally le teme a quien le susurra en la autobus.

Es increible que comas estos alacranes.

Es importante que te tomes las pastillas para el resfriado.

Es una lástima que este endeudado.

Que mal que Bill tuviera una sobredosis. (This one confuses me. I hear 'tocar' used for taking a drink, but I wasn't sure if it worked for this.--- "Toce" is used in spanish as a "take a toke")

Aconsejo que ores para que llueva.

Mi suegro me recomienda que destituya a mi empleado.

Propongo que restaures el homenaje.

No creo que el preso se evidare la celda. - (don't understan what you tried to say)

Maria duda que comas alacranes.

Ojalá que el lluvia inhunde la escuela.

Ojalá reprimas tus ánsias.

• It would help if you could highlight your changes and give explanations for why you changed them. I don't really understand many of your changes. - Jason_Bryant Oct 15, 2009

Answer 4

Thanks for the help so far. I have a few questions about some things that confuse me.

Quiero que reinicies el juego.

Why was this changed from replantear? I was trying to say, "I want you to rethink the game." Would it have been more clear if I had said "I want you to rethink the rules of the game," or is that just the wrong way to use 'replantear'?

Lamento de que los jugadores reclamen tantos veces

I thought comparacer meant "to show up in court." Is that not correct?

Sally le teme a quien le susurra en la autobus.

I'm glad to know that the personal 'a' is used even for 'quien'. That's neat. I'm not sure why you changed the verb, though. Is the sentence not subjunctive? Why not?

Es importante que te tomes las pastillas para el resfriado.

I used ingerir mainly because I was trying to think up a sentence using ingerir. I understand that tomes is the better word, but is there something particularly wrong with using ingerir?

Que mal que Bill tuviera una sobredosis

Paralee listed "Es malo que" as an impersonal expression that we can use. Is there a particular reason why it doesn't work in this sentence?

No creo que el preso se evidare la celda.

I was trying to use evadirse, which my dictionary lists as "to escape". I misspelled it here. If I had written "se evadare" would that have been correct?

Ojalá que el lluvia inhunde la escuela

Why does 'anegar' not work?

Answer 5

Me duele la cabeza....

Answer 6

Why was "por lluvia" changed into "para que llueva" and not "para lluvia"?