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Lección 14
C. Si las cosas fueran diferentes In groups of three or four, discuss
what you would do if circumstances in your lives were different. Include
place of residence, schooling, work, and so on.
Rodeo
Summary of the Uses of the Subjunctive (Resumen de los
usos del subjuntivo)
Subjunctive vs. Infinitive
Use the subjunctive . . . Use the infinitive . . .
1. After verbs of volition 1. After verbs of volition
(when there is a change (where there is no change of
of subject). subject).
Yo quiero que él salga. Yo quiero salir.
2. After verbs of emotion (when 2. After verbs of emotion
there is a change of subject). (when there is no change
of subject).
Me alegro de que tú estés aquí. Me alegro de estar aquí.
3. After impersonal expressions 3. After impersonal expressions
(when there is a subject). (when speaking in general).
Es necesario que él estudie. Es necesario estudiar.
Subjunctive vs. Indicative
Use the subjunctive . . . Use the indicative . . .
1. To refer to something indefinite 1. To refer to something that
or nonexistent. exists or is specific.
Busco una casa que sea grande. Tengo una casa que es grande.
No hay nadie que lo sepa. Hay alguien que lo sabe
2. If the action is to occur at some 2. If the action has been
indefinite time in the future as completed or is habitual.
a condition of another action.
Cenarán cuando él llegue. Cenaron cuando él llegó.
Siempre cenan cuando él llega.
3. To express doubt, disbelief, 3. When there is no doubt,
and denial. disbelief, or denial.
Dudo que pueda venir. No dudo que puede venir.
Niego que él esté aquí. No niego que él está aquí.
No creo que él venga. Creo que él viene.
4. In an if-clause, to refer to some- 4. In an if-clause, when
thing contrary to fact, impossible, referring to something that
or very improbable. is factual, probable, or
very possible.
Si pudiera, iría. Si puedo, iré.
Si el presidente me invitara a la Si Juan me invita a su casa,
Casa Blanca, yo aceptaría. aceptaré.
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