Visit Iguaçú Falls in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to visit Iguaçú Falls in Spanish in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• express recommendations and requests in the imperfect subjunctive

• use vocabulary related to a visit to Iguaçú Falls

• discuss a tourist experience

Vocabulary

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

Adjectives

Spanish	English
guaraní	Guarani
señalizado	marked

examples
Insistió en que aprendiera un poco de guaraní. He insisted that I learn a bit of Guarani.
Me sugirió que caminara por senderos señalizados. He suggested that I hike on marked trails.

Nouns

Spanish	English
el caudal	flow
el chipá	chipa
el entorno	environment
la frontera	border
el impermeable	raincoat
la lancha	boat

examples
Que observara su impresionante caudal. That I observe its impressive flow.
Insistió en que respetara el entorno natural. He insisted that I respect the natural environment.
Que visitara la frontera de los tres países. That I visit the border between the three countries.

The Imperfect Subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) follows many of the same rules as the present subjunctive. Introduced with a preterite, imperfect, conditional, or past perfect WEIRDO verb in the independent clause, the imperfect subjunctive often refers to a previous experience, but it can also refer to unlikely events or possibilities.

Finding the Imperfect Subjunctive Stem

The imperfect subjunctive uses the third person plural of the preterite (minus the -ron). The third person preterite form of a verb, whether regular or irregular, becomes the base for the imperfect subjunctive stem.

Imperfect Subjunctive Endings

When conjugating the imperfect subjunctive, you can choose from two different sets of endings. Both are correct, though the first set, whose yo ending is -ra, is more widespread. For this reason, we use the -ra endings in these lessons.

Subject	Subjunctive 1 Endings	Subjunctive 2 Endings
yo	-ra	-se
tú	-ras	-ses
él, ella, usted	-ra	-se
nosotros, nosotras	-ramos	-semos
vosotros, vosotras	-rais	-seis
ellos, ellas, ustedes	-ran	-sen

Imperfect Subjunctive Uses

The imperfect subjunctive can be used to talk about past occurrences, current opinions of past events, doubts and wishes, as well as in if clauses and polite requests.

The following phrases, which indicate recommendations and requests, signal that we need to use the imperfect subjunctive: