Today's Subjunctive "Describir - to describe"
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1A. First concept of Subjunctive --- Direct or Indirect commands.
1B. When one person expresses his will that someone else do something.
2A. Second concept of Subjunctive---Emotion
2B. Main clause expresses emotion about the action that follows.
3A. Third concept of Subjunctive--- Unreality
3B.. When the main clause expresses uncertainty, denial, doubt.
3C. Conjunctions that introduce the “subordinate clause” make the action uncertain, indefinite, doubtful
3D.. Conjunction of time intoduces action that has not yet been completed
3E. “Subordinate clause” refers back to something non-existent, indefinite, or imagined, (In an adjectival clause (if) the antecedente is something or someone that is indefinite, negative, vague, or non-exsitent.
4A. Uses of Imperfect subjunctive.
4B. When the main clause is in the past and a subjunctive is required.
4C. When subjunctive subordinate clause refers to a past action
4D. When conjunction of time introduces action that (had) not yet been completed.
5A. Review of ( si ) ( if )
5B. When (si ) introduces present tense, a subjunctive is never used. If he eats…, Spanish regards it as meaning “suppose”, or “assuming” which is the indicative.
5C. But, when (si) refers to something “contrary to fact”, then Spanish uses the imperfect subjunctive.
6A. “Creer” used in subjunctive
It is the speaker’s expression of “Certainty vs Doubt” not the word “creer” itself which calls for indicative or subjunctive. The speaker is in the drivers seat.
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7A. If the subject doesn’t change, then we have only one clause, and there is no room for the subjunctive mood at all.
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This is just an overview and does not include “haber” or compound tenses.
I give you the “verb” . You use it in a subjunctive sentence.
The verb for today is : “ Describir – to describe“
Write sentences with “ Describir – to describe" in the Subjunctive mood.
Escríbamela en inglés y español...por favor. Write it for me in English and Spanish please. ¡Incluyan caudros/dibujos…cuando los prefieran! Include pictures/drawings…when you prefer them!
Describir – to describe
3 Answers
Es mejor que describas los hechos paso a paso a la policía para que no te impliques.
You had better describe the facts step by step to the police to avoid becoming a suspect.
Descríbame qué le pasó a usted, por favor.
Describe what happened to you, please.
Dudo que el testigo describiera el ladrón bastante bien que la policía puede identificarlo.
I doubt that the witness described the thief well enough that the police can identify him.
