Visit Joya de Ceren in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to visit Joya de Cerén(Joya de Ceren) in Spanish in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• talk about Joya de Cerén, a pre-Columbian Mayan village in El Salvador

• use vocabulary related to tourism

• make recommendations

Vocabulary

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

Adjectives

Spanish	English
bilingüe	bilingual
conservado	preserved
guiado	guided
masificado	overcrowded
maya	Mayan
precolombino	pre-Columbian

examples
Me gusta que haya guías bilingües. I like that there are bilingual guides.
Me gusta que esté bien conservado. I like that it's well-preserved.
Recomiendo que hagas una visita guiada. I recommend that you do a guided tour.

Adverb

Spanish	English
libremente	freely

examples
Que se pueda caminar libremente. That one can walk around freely.

Nouns

Spanish	English
la conservación	conservation
la gastronomía	cuisine
la multitud	crowd
la señalización	signs
la UNESCO	UNESCO
la vivienda	dwelling

examples
Que se invierta dinero en su conservación. That money is invested in its conservation.
Quiero que disfruten de la gastronomía. I want you to enjoy the cuisine.
Me pone nervioso que haya multitudes. I'm nervous that there will be crowds.

Noun Phrases

Spanish	English
el bloqueador solar	sunblock
el patrimonio de la humanidad	World Heritage

examples
Recomiendo que usemos bloqueador solar. I recommend that we use sunblock.
Que sea patrimonio de la humanidad. That it's a World Heritage site.

Verbs

In this skill, you learn the following verbs!

Permitir

Permitir(to allow) is an -ir verb that is regular in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	permita	I allow
tú	permitas	you allow	informal singular you
vos	permitas	you allow	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	permita	he, she allows
usted	permita	you allow	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	permitamos	we allow
vosotros, vosotras	permitáis	you allow	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	permitan	they allow
ustedes	permitan	you allow	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Reconocer

Reconocer(to recognize) is an -er verb that has a stem change in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	reconozca	I recognize
tú	reconozcas	you recognize	informal singular you
vos	reconozcas	you recognize	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	reconozca	he, she recognizes
usted	reconozca	you recognize	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	reconozcamos	we recognize
vosotros, vosotras	reconozcáis	you recognize	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	reconozcan	they recognize
ustedes	reconozcan	you recognize	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Verb Phrase

In this skill, you learn the following verb phrase!

Valer la pena

Valer la pena(to be worth it) is an -er verb that has a stem change in the present subjunctive.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
él, ella, ello	valga la pena	he, she, it is worth it
ellos, ellas	valgan la pena	they are worth it

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

Ir

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
me gusta que	I like that
me pone nervioso que	I'm nervous
no está claro que	it's not clear
quiero que	I want
recomiendo que	I recommend that

Quiz Yourself!

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Spanish Conversation

Fantastic! Let's put the grammar and vocab from above to the test in the following example of a conversation in Spanish.

Lautaro:

Vamos a visitar Joya de Cerén. Quiero que compartamos este viaje.

We're going to visit Joya de Ceren. I want us to share this trip.

Catalina:

Me pone nerviosa que haya multitudes.

I'm nervous that there will be crowds.

Lautaro:

No habrá multitudes. ¡Es mayo!

There won’t be any crowds. It’s May!

Catalina:

¿Qué debo llevar?

What should I bring?

Lautaro:

Recomiendo que lleves agua y un sombrero. Y recomiendo que usemos bloqueador solar.

I recommend that you bring water and a hat. And I recommend that we use sunblock.

Catalina:

Gracias, Lautaro. Quiero que nos quedemos hasta el atardecer.

Thanks, Lautaro. I want us to stay until sunset.

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