Form a Study Group in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to form a study group in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• use vocabulary related to studies

• talk about conditional outcomes and results using the subjunctive

• organize a study group

Vocabulary

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

Adverb Phrase

Spanish	English
por adelantado	in advance

examples
¿Debemos darles el programa por adelantado? Should we give them the syllabus in advance?

Nouns

Spanish	English
el chat	group chat
la distracción	distraction
el enlace	link
la pizarra	board
el recurso	resource
el resumen	summary
la revisión	review
el rotulador	marker
la sala	room
la sesión	session
el tema	lesson, topic

examples
Crearé un chat para comunicarnos. I'll create a group chat to communicate.
Sí, de modo que no haya distracciones. Yes, so that there aren't any distractions.
Sí, de manera que tenga el enlace. Yes, so that I have the link.

Verbal Periphrasis: Hay Que + Infinitive

Remember that the verb hay que(one must, one has to) is followed by the infinitive in Spanish.

examples
Hay que recopilar toda la información. We need to gather all of the information.

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Hay que recopilar toda la información.

We need to gather all of the information.

What's Verbal Periphrasis?

In Spanish, a verbal periphrasis is a verbal construction made of two verb forms, a conjugated form and an impersonal form (an infinitive, a present participle, or a past participle). Verbal periphrasis is used in the informal future, the present progressive, and the perfect tenses.

You can learn more about verbal periphrasis in this article

Verbs

In this skill, you learn the following verbs!

Spanish	English
comunicarse	to communicate
concentrarse	to concentrate
fijar	to set
recopilar	to gather
repasar	to review

Concentrarse

Concentrarse(to concentrate) is an -ar pronominal verb that is regular in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me concentre	I concentrate
tú	te concentres	you concentrate	informal singular you
vos	te concentres	you concentrate	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se concentre	he, she concentrates
usted	se concentre	you concentrate	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos concentremos	we concentrate
vosotros, vosotras	os concentréis	you concentrate	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se concentren	they concentrate
ustedes	se concentren	you concentrate	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Repasar

Repasar(to review) is an -ar verb that is regular in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	repase	I review
tú	repases	you review	informal singular you
vos	repases	you review	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	repase	he, she reviews
usted	repase	you review	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	repasemos	we review
vosotros, vosotras	repaséis	you review	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	repasen	they review
ustedes	repasen	you review	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Verb Phrase

In this skill, you learn the following verb phrase!

Spanish	English
ponerse a prueba	to put oneself to the test

Ponerse a Prueba

Ponerse a prueba(to put oneself to the test) is a pronominal -er verb phrase that has a stem change in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me ponga a prueba	I put myself to the test
tú	te pongas a prueba	you put yourself to the test	informal singular you
vos	te pongas a prueba	you put yourself to the test	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se ponga a prueba	he, she puts himself/herself to the test
usted	se ponga a prueba	you put yourself to the test	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos pongamos a prueba	we put ourselves to the test
vosotros, vosotras	os pongáis a prueba	you put yourselves to the test	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se pongan a prueba	they put themselves to the test
ustedes	se pongan a prueba	you put yourselves to the test	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 and results.

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 connecting phrases or conjunctive expressions which introduce time limitations, conditions, concessions, or results.

In these lessons, you learned the following phrases that signal a result. These phrases help us know that, since they are discussing a conditional outcome, we need to use the subjunctive:

Spanish	English
a fin de que	so that, in order to
de manera que	so that
de modo que	so that
para que	so that

examples
Sí, para que trabajemos en equipo. Yes, so that we work as a team.
Sí, de modo que reserve una sala. Yes, so that he can reserve a room.

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Sí, para que trabajemos en equipo.

Yes, so that we work as a team.

Sí, de modo que reserve una sala.

Yes, so that he can reserve a room.

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.