Indicative Vs. Subjunctive Flashcards
When do you use the indicative?
When there is absolute certainty.
When do you use the infinitive?
Use the infinitive after an expression of uncertainty, doubt, disbelief, or denial when there is no change of subject.
What are the conjunctions that require the subjunctive?
A menos que, antes (de) que, con tal (de) que, en caso (de) que, para que, sin que
What prepositions indicate the indicative?
Use the infinitive after the prepositions antes de, para, and sin when there is no change of subject.
Use the indicative if the verb what?
Use the indicative if the verb in the main clause expresses an action that habitually happens or happened in the past.
Use the subjunctive if the what?
Use the subjunctive in the subordinate clause if the main clause expresses a future action or command.
When do you use the subjunctive?
When there is doubt, disbelief, or denial.