Enjoy Punta del Este in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to enjoy Punta del Este in Spanish in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• use vocabulary related to being at the ocean

• use the subjunctive to express conditional outcomes

• talk about vacation activities

Vocabulary

Let's start off with the vocab words in these lessons!

Nouns

Spanish	English
la batería	battery
el chaparrón	downpour
el chivito	chivito
la ola	wave
el rincón	corner, part, special place

examples
Mientras tengas batería, haz videos. While you have battery, make videos.
Sí, mientras no caiga un chaparrón. Yes, as long as there's not a downpour.
En cuanto pruebes el chivito, te encantará. As soon as you try chivito, you'll love it.

Noun Phrases

Spanish	English
el león marino	sea lion
Punta del Este	Punta del Este

examples
Mientras veamos leones marinos, estaré feliz. As long as we see sea lions, I'll be happy.
Vamos a ir a Punta del Este. We're going to go to Punta del Este.

Verbs

In this skill, you learn the following verbs!

Spanish	English
anochecer	to get dark
desconectarse	to disconnect
pescar	to fish

Anochecer

Anochecer(to get dark) is an -er verb that has a stem change in the present subjunctive.

Conjugation	Translation	Notes
anochezca	it gets dark

Pescar

Pescar(to fish) is an -ar verb that has a stem change in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	pesque	I fish
tú	pesques	you fish	informal singular you
vos	pesques	you fish	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	pesque	he, she fishes
usted	pesque	you fish	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	pesquemos	we fish
vosotros, vosotras	pesquéis	you fish	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	pesquen	they fish
ustedes	pesquen	you fish	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

The Present Subjunctive

The Spanish present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) is used to talk about situations of doubt, desire, emotion, necessity, or uncertainty. We can also use the subjunctive to talk about conditional outcomes.

Conditional Outcomes

This type of sentence describes what will happen if another action is completed. These actions are conditional upon another action being completed, so the subjunctive is used to convey a sense of uncertainty. Many phrases with conditional circumstances have a connecting phrase or conjunctive expressions which introduce time limitations, conditions, concessions, or results. The key action—the one that must be completed for the second action to occur—is in the subjunctive.

examples
En cuanto amanezca, iremos a pescar. As soon as the sun comes up, we'll go fishing.
Tan pronto como llegues allí, te desconectarás. As soon as you get there, you'll disconnect.

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En cuanto amanezca, iremos a pescar.

As soon as the sun comes up, we'll go fishing.

Tan pronto como llegues allí, te desconectarás.

As soon as you get there, you'll disconnect.

Conjugating Verbs in the Present Subjunctive

To conjugate a verb in the present subjunctive, you must first remember what the present indicative yo form of the verb in question is. This is because the stem of present subjunctive verbs comes from the yo form of the present indicative. For many verbs, this will be the same as the infinitive stem, but for many others, such as verbs with spelling changes, stem-changing verbs, and irregular verbs, it will be different.

Present Subjunctive Stem Formula

The formula for finding the present subjunctive stem of a verb is the following:

present subjunctive stem = yo form of present indicative minus o ending

Regular Present Subjunctive Endings

Once you have the stem, you will add the present subjunctive ending that matches your subject. There are only two ending sets for the present subjunctive: one for -ar verbs and one for both -er and -ir verbs.

Subject	-ar Verb Endings	-er and -ir Verb Endings
yo	e	a
tú, vos	es	as
usted, él, ella	e	a
nosotros, nosotras	emos	amos
vosotros, vosotras	éis	áis
ustedes, ellos, ellas	en	an

Irregular Verbs in the Present Subjunctive

There are only six truly irregular verbs in the subjunctive. You'll find the conjugations for each of these verbs in the tables below.

Present Subjunctive Conjugations of Dar, Estar, and Ser

Subject	Dar	Estar	Ser
yo	dé	esté	sea
tú, vos	des	estés	seas
usted, él, ella	dé	esté	sea
nosotros, nosotras	demos	estemos	seamos
vosotros, vosotras	deis	estéis	seáis
ustedes, ellos, ellas	den	estén	sean

Present Subjunctive Conjugations of Haber, Ir, and Saber

Subject	Haber	Ir	Saber
yo	haya	vaya	sepa
tú, vos	hayas	vayas	sepas
usted, él, ella	haya	vaya	sepa
nosotros, nosotras	hayamos	vayamos	sepamos
vosotros, vosotras	hayáis	vayáis	sepáis
ustedes, ellos, ellas	hayan	vayan	sepan

To remember these six verbs, just think of the mnemonic DISHES:

Dar

Saber

Haber

Estar

Ser

Stem Changes and the Present Subjunctive

While they’re not entirely irregular, the following verbs do have certain changes that we need to keep in mind while conjugating verbs in the subjunctive:

1. e> ie and o> ue Stem Changes with -ar and -er Verbs

For verbs in this group, the e in the last syllable of the stem (the yo form of the present indicative) changes to ie, or the o in the last syllable of the stem (the yo form of the present indicative) changes to ue. All subjunctive forms follow the stem change except for nosotros and vosotros, which use the infinitive stem.

2. e> ie and o> ue Stem Changes with -ir Verbs

All e> ie and o> ue stem-changing -ir verbs follow the same changes as in the present indicative, except the nosotros and vosotros forms, in which the e changes to i and the o changes to u.