Subjunctive without que

Question

I watched the WIERDO video and have read a couple articles on the subjunctive. The WIERDO video mentions that not all subjunctive sentences need to be in the form

A + que + B (ex. Me gusta que te guste)

and that other words can take que's place. But except for Ojála, I haven't seen an instance of the subjunctive used without the word que, or with another word to take its place.

Can someone please give me an example sentence or two involving the subjunctive without que? And how frequently is the subjunctive used without que? 50%? <10%?

Answer 1

One example would be using the subjunctive out of courtesy instead of the conditional (would)....

¿Quisiera algo para comer?

Would you like (might you like) something to eat?

Also you can say lots of things beginning with 'que + subjunctive', ie. without saying the 'a' part .... (a + que + b)

eg. Que tenga un buen día.

but this is cheating a bit because it's really just short for 'Espero que ....

Another example is this kind of sentence:

no importa lo grandes o pequeñas que sean, ...

No matter how big or small they are / lit/ they might be ... (you have to use the subjunctive here because you're not actually saying/declaring that they're big or small, whatever they are, so you can't use the indicative)

Answer 2

another example is when you start with cuando and talk about the future that has not happend yet.

cuando regreses saca el perro por favor.

Answer 3

Ojalá does not need to be followed by "que". It can be followed by "y". Example:

¡Ojalá y llueva hoy. Hace mucho calor!

Also, Ojalá does not have to be followed by either que or y. Example.

Ojalá vengas a la fiesta.