Prueba 2 Flashcards
When are conjunctions followed by the subjunctive?
When they introduce actions or states that are uncertain OR when the action of the main clause has not yet occurred
Conjunctions that require the subjunctive
a menos que, antes (de) que, con tal (de) que, en caso (de) que, para que, sin que
a menos que
unless
antes (de) que
before
con tal (de) que
provided that, as long as
en caso (de) que
in case
para que
so that, in order
sin que
without, unless
a pesar de que
despite
aunque
although; even if
cuando
when
después (de) que
after
en cuanto
as soon as
hasta que
until
luego (de) que
after
mientras que
while
siempre que
as long as
tan pronto como
as soon as
How to form imperfect subjunctive?
Drop -ron of preterite and add ending
imperfect subjunctive endings
ra, ras, ra, ramos, rais, ran
adjective comparisons of inequality
más/menos [adjective] que
noun comparisons of inequality
[verb] más/menos [noun] que
when to use más/menos de
numerical
comparisons of equality (adjective/adverbs)
tan [adjective] como
comparisons of equality (nouns)
tanto/a(s) [noun] como
comparisons of equality (verbs)
[verb] tanto como
superlatives
el/la/los/las + [noun] + más/menos + [adjective] + de
bueno/a
good
malo/a
bad
grande
big
pequeño/a
small
viejo/a
old
joven
young
mejor
better
peor
worse
mayor
bigger
menor
smaller
mayor (edad)
older
menor (edad)
younger
el/la mejor
best
el/la peor
worst
el/la mayor
biggest
el/la menor
smallest
el/la mayor (edad)
oldest
el/la menor (edad)
youngest
common dimunitives
-ito/a and -illo/a
what words use -cito/a or -cillo/a (and -ecito/a or -ecillo/a?)
words that end in -e, -n, or -r (or are one syllable)
common augmentative
-ón/-ona, -ote/-ota, and -azo/-aza