Subjunctive practice...

Question

I'm going to make up three BASIC sentences and put them in the Indicative Mood, and then I will try to put them into the Subjunctive Mood.

I am just starting to study the Subjunctive, so here it goes:

• Mi hija juega con su juguete nuevo. Present indicative.
• Espero que mi hija juegue con su juguete nuevo. Present subjunctive.
• Sé que mi hija comía sus vegetales. Imperfect indicative.
• Dudo que mi hija comiera sus vegetales. Imperfect subjunctive.
• Viajaré a Perú el verano que viene. Future indicative.
• Quiero que viajare a Perú el verano que viene. Future subjunctive.

Tal vez si cambias "Viajaré a Perú el verano que viene por "Voy a viajar a Perú el verano.." - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011

You must say "quiero viajar", since it is you who is going to travel. - lazarus1907, Jun 2, 2011

Do not try to use future subjunctive. For future, use present subjunctive... always! - lazarus1907, Jun 2, 2011

Nice practice work, Tosh. - GuitarWarrior, Jun 2, 2011

Agreed. Nice job, Tosh. - NancyGrace, Jun 2, 2011

Thanks! - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Excellent! - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 1

I understood that future subjunctive is no longer used.

Maybe that's why I had so much trouble with it! lol - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

You understood correctly. Almost no native speaker knows how to use it... unless they have learnt it in a book. - lazarus1907, Jun 2, 2011

Wow. Okay. - webdunce, Jun 2, 2011

Maybe with another word like "poder". --> "Ojala pudiera viajar a Perú el verano que viene" - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011

Than I shalln't learn it. ;) - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

LoL - is "shalln't" used much in English? - pesta, Jun 2, 2011

Sure... for shall not. :) How about "she'dn't"? She wouldn't... - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

w'h'a't - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011

No... It doesn't work that way! LOL. I would have = I'd've. - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

I've heard of I'd've but hadn't seen it written. Funny. - pesta, Jun 2, 2011

Don't learn these, Julián. I'm only kidding. But there isn't an English speaker alive that hasn't yelled out "I'd've done that!" when in a hurry. - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Jajajajajaja, Ok I get it! :) - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011

Can I vote for a comment? lol - danrivera, Jun 2, 2011

Yes... which one? - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 2

Thanks for the comments!

Okay... we'll forget the Future Subjunctive.

I knew I could have put "Voy a viajar...", but I think of that as "I am going to travel...". I was trying to say "I will travel..." with more assurance.

How about the first 4 sentences?

ahh! now I know when to use "Will" and "Going to"... Thank you Tosh! :) - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011

De nada... but I'm finding the "voy a (indicativo)" is much more common. - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Voy a viajar has more assurance than Viajaré. - pesta, Jun 2, 2011

In English, I would think "I WILL do something" is more assuring than "I'm GOING to do something". More next comment... - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

I will clean my room - shows a definite action. I'm going to clean my room - okay, when??? :) - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Subjuntive in future is not an assuring or affirmative fact. Is more like a conditional without conditions LOL - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 3

"Quiero que viajare a Perú el verano que viene" está mal escrito. Ehm, sin embargo no sé cómo ayudarte con esa oración amigo!

Would "quiero viajar a Perú el verano que viene" be okay? - webdunce, Jun 2, 2011

Yes! - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011

Thank you. - webdunce, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 4

Tosh,

I don't want this to get lost in the comments section, so here is the "correction", if I may:

The contraction for "shall not" is "shan't". It is not used very frequently, but here is a use of it by a very famous English poet, Robert Frost.

"I shan't catch up in this world, anyway."

Also, I'd've -- sorry -- doesn't happen in English unless you are writing an imaginary dialogue for someone who is really mangling the language!

But, I like "shalln't" better! :) - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Well, okay Tosh, but I'd be willing to bet quite a large sum that you don't really talk like that! - NancyGrace, Jun 2, 2011

the translator supports you :) - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011

Since the apostrophe stands in for missing letters, it's surprising that it's not spelled sha'n't :) - pesta, Jun 2, 2011

Yer right, ah do not no'mally talk thet way. ;) - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Dear pesta, I agree with your logic, but English can be a bit crazy sometimes. The abbreviation is just not used that way. The apostrophe between a and n has been abbreviated right out. I don't know who you can blame for this: Shakespeare? - NancyGrace, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 5

Tosh here is a sentence using future subjuntive. "Si yo viajare a España me emocionaría mucho".

No! I won't read it! I'm not supposed to learn it! LOL... :) - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

"viajara". The future subjunctive did centuries ago, and you are using it wrong anyway. For future, use present subjunctive. - lazarus1907, Jun 2, 2011

Future sujunctive sounds older than "thy" or "thou" in Spanish. Learn it only if you intend to learn Spanish from the 12th century. - lazarus1907, Jun 2, 2011

Laz, do you mean it "died" centuries ago? - NancyGrace, Jun 2, 2011

yo pienso que sólo cambiaron "pudiese"-->"pudiera", "hiciese"--->"hiciera" por que al fín y al cabo se usan para casi lo mismo - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011

Answer 6

Thou shall take thy advice, Lazarus! And thou shall not learn the Future Subjunctive.

My first 4 sentences must be PERFECTOS! Nobody mentioned them.

I would have said "verduras" instead of "vegetales", but the grammar is perfect. - lazarus1907, Jun 2, 2011

P.S. I forgot to mention that future subjunctive can be heard in old sayings too. - lazarus1907, Jun 2, 2011

Thanks! I learned both for "vegetables". I'll use "verduras" if it is more common. - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Both guitar and I told you you did a nice job! That means we thought you did "Perfecto" except for the last sentence. (Pat on the back to you) Okay? - NancyGrace, Jun 2, 2011

I was just making sure! Thanks again! - Tosh, Jun 2, 2011

Ya te la sabes amigo! :) - fjfuentesh, Jun 2, 2011