Go to a Chocolate Festival in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to go to a chocolate festival in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• talk about festivals

• use vocabulary related to chocolate

• use the passive and impersonal se in the subjunctive

Vocabulary

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

Adjectives

Spanish	English
fijo	fixed
gastronómico	gastronomic
lógico	logical
mensual	monthly
temático	thematic

examples
No es verdad que la fecha sea fija. It's not true that the date is fixed.
No es verdad que solo sea gastronómico. It's not true that it's only gastronomic.
Es lógico que desees probar el chocolate. It's logical that you want to try the chocolate.

Adverb

Spanish	English
anualmente	annually

examples
Que el festival crezca anualmente. That the festival grows annually.

Nouns

Spanish	English
el, la amante	lover
el cacao	cacao
el cacaotero, la cacaotera	cacao grower
el comercio	commercial
la cosecha	harvest
la degustación	tasting
el origen	origin
la sostenibilidad	sustainability
la variedad	variety

examples
Que asistan muchos amantes del chocolate. That many chocolate lovers attend.
Que se celebre la cosecha del cacao. That the cacao harvest is celebrated.
No está claro que inviten a cacaoteros. It's not clear if they invite cacao growers.

Verbs

In this skill, you learn the following verbs!

Exponerse

Exponerse(to display) is a pronominal -er verb that has a stem change in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me exponga	I display
tú	te expongas	you display	informal singular you
vos	te expongas	you display	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se exponga	he, she displays
usted	se exponga	you display	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos expongamos	we display
vosotros, vosotras	os expongáis	you display	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se expongan	they display
ustedes	se expongan	you display	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Ofrecerse

Ofrecerse(to offer) is a pronominal -er verb that has a stem change in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me ofrezca	I offer
tú	te ofrezcas	you offer	informal singular you
vos	te ofrezcas	you offer	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se ofrezca	he, she offers
usted	se ofrezca	you offer	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos ofrezcamos	we offer
vosotros, vosotras	os ofrezcáis	you offer	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se ofrezcan	they offer
ustedes	se ofrezcan	you offer	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Realzar

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

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	realce	I highlight
tú	realces	you highlight	informal singular you
vos	realces	you highlight	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	realce	he, she highlights
usted	realce	you highlight	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	realcemos	we highlight
vosotros, vosotras	realcéis	you highlight	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	realcen	they highlight
ustedes	realcen	you highlight	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.

Unlike the present indicative, the present subjunctive is generally subjective.

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.

3. e> i Stem Changes with -ir Verbs

All e> i stem-changing -ir verbs in the present indicative maintain the stem change in all forms of the present subjunctive.

Subjunctive Trigger Words

WEIRDO

Many of the verbs and phrases that require the subjunctive fit into the acronym WEIRDO: Wishes, Emotions, Impersonal expressions, Recommendations, Doubt/Denial, and Ojalá.

In these lessons, we saw the following subjunctive trigger words and phrases:

Spanish	English
es lógico que	it's logical that
es natural que	it's natural that
no está claro que	it's not clear
no es verdad que	it's not true that

Passive and Impersonal Se

Impersonal Se

Impersonal expressions don’t reference a specific person. Rather, they make reference to people in general and are used to make general statements or questions about what they, one, or you do. That is what makes them impersonal!

You can use impersonal expressions to talk about how things are done according to custom, rule, or general consensus. They are also helpful for asking for directions, finding out how to say things properly, asking what the rules are in a specific place, making general statements, and so on.

examples
Es natural que se hable de sostenibilidad. It's natural that sustainability is discussed.

examples

Es natural que se hable de sostenibilidad.

It's natural that sustainability is discussed.

Passive Se

The passive voice is generally used to talk about something that happened to an object without saying who or what carried out the action. Only transitive verbs (verbs that require a direct object) are used in passive se constructions. It's very common to use the passive se to talk about inanimate (non-living) nouns. It is not common to refer to people using the passive se.

examples
No está claro que se expongan postres. It's not clear if they display desserts.
No está claro que se permitan mascotas. It's not clear if pets are allowed.

examples

No está claro que se expongan postres.

It's not clear if they display desserts.