Join a Tennis Club in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to join a tennis club in Spanish in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• use vocabulary related to tennis

• talk about sports

• use the subjunctive to talk about conditional outcomes

Vocabulary

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

Adjectives

Spanish	English
diligente	diligent
óptimo	optimal
principiante	beginner

examples
Sí, a condición de que seas diligente. Yes, provided you are diligent.
Sí, con tal de que tengas la preparación óptima. Yes, as long as you have the optimal training.
Sí, a condición de que no sean principiantes. Yes, provided they're not beginners.

Adverb

Spanish	English
semanalmente	weekly

examples
Sí, a condición de que asistas semanalmente. Yes, provided you attend weekly.

Conjunctive Phrase

Spanish	English
con tal de que	as long as

examples
Sí, con tal de que le pagues bien. Yes, as long as you pay him well.

Nouns

Spanish	English
el alumno, la alumna	student
el entrenamiento	training session
la equipación	gear
el golpe	stroke
el, la miembro	member
la preparación	training, preparation
la raqueta	racket
el saque	serve
el torneo	tournament

examples
No, a menos que cambies el entrenamiento. No, unless you change the training session.
No, a menos que me prestes tu equipación. No, unless you lend me your gear.
Sí, con tal de que utilice diferentes golpes. Yes, as long as she uses different strokes.

Noun Phrase

Spanish	English
la condición física	physical shape
la ola de calor	heatwave
el partido de dobles	doubles match

examples
No, a menos que tenga buena condición física. No, unless he's in good physical shape.
Sí, con tal de que no haya ola de calor. Yes, as long as there's not a heatwave.
Sí, a condición de que sea un partido de dobles. Yes, provided it's a doubles match.

Verbs

In this skill, you learn the following verbs!

Spanish	English
aguantar	to keep up, to stand
atrasar	to delay
competir	to compete
comprometerse	to commit to
coordinar	to coordinate

Aguantar

Aguantar(to keep up) is an -ar verb that is regular in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	aguante	I keep up
tú	aguantes	you keep up	informal singular you
vos	aguantes	you keep up	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	aguante	he, she keeps up
usted	aguante	you keep up	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	aguantemos	we keep up
vosotros, vosotras	aguantéis	you keep up	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	aguanten	they keep up
ustedes	aguanten	you keep up	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Atrasar

Atrasar(to delay) is an -ar verb that is regular in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	atrase	I delay
tú	atrases	you delay	informal singular you
vos	atrases	you delay	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	atrase	he, she delays
usted	atrase	you delay	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	atrasemos	we delay
vosotros, vosotras	atraséis	you delay	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	atrasen	they delay
ustedes	atrasen	you delay	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Competir

Competir(to compete) is an -ir verb that has a stem change in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	compita	I compete
tú	compitas	you compete	informal singular you
vos	compitas	you compete	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	compita	he, she competes
usted	compita	you compete	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	compitamos	we compete
vosotros, vosotras	compitáis	you compete	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	compitan	they compete
ustedes	compitan	you compete	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Comprometerse

Comprometerse(to commit to) is an -er pronominal verb that is regular in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me comprometa	I commit to
tú	te comprometas	you commit to	informal singular you
vos	te comprometas	you commit to	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se comprometa	he, she commits to
usted	se comprometa	you commit to	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos comprometamos	we commit to
vosotros, vosotras	os comprometáis	you commit to	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se comprometan	they commit to
ustedes	se comprometan	you commit to	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Coordinar

Coordinar(to coordinate) is an -ar verb that is regular in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	coordine	I coordinate
tú	coordines	you coordinate	informal singular you
vos	coordines	you coordinate	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	coordine	he, she coordinates
usted	coordine	you coordinate	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	coordinemos	we coordinate
vosotros, vosotras	coordinéis	you coordinate	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	coordinen	they coordinate
ustedes	coordinen	you coordinate	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 connecting phrases 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
Sí, a condición de que dones dinero. Yes, provided you donate money.
Sí, con tal de que le pagues bien. Yes, as long as you pay him well.

examples

Sí, a condición de que dones dinero.

Yes, provided you donate money.

Sí, con tal de que le pagues bien.

Yes, as long as you pay him well.

Note that in both of the aforementioned examples, something has to happen—a condition—for the verb in the subjunctive to be true.

The phrases here that signal the subjunctive are a condición de que and con tal de que.

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.