Subjuctives To Express Concepts Flashcards
What indicates that something be the case?
Para que (and always followed by a subjunctive)
They did it so that I would be their friend
Ellos lo hicieron para que yo sea su amigo
I did it for you to be the winner
Yo lo hice para que seas el ganador
He’s here so that you be at home
Él está aquí para que estés en casa
When are you allowed to use an infinitive for intention?
Specifically when the person doing the intention is intending the thing for themself.
We did it so that you be here
Nosotros lo did para que tú estés aquí
We did it in order to be here
Nosotros lo did para estar aquí
(Formal) You did it in order to be the winner
Usted lo did para ser the winner
You did it for us to be friends
Tú lo did para que seamos amigos
I did it for you to be here
Yo lo hice para que estés aquí
I want her to be my friend
Quiero que ella sea mi amiga
She did it in order to be at home
Ella lo hizo para estar en casa
They (f) want me to be here
Ellas quieren que yo esté aquí
We ran in order to be here early
Nosotros corrimos para estar aquí temprano
We want to be friends (f)
Queremos ser amigas
I am here for you to be a friend (m)
Estoy aquí para que seas un amigo
I am here in order to be a friend
Estoy aquí para ser un amigo
Whenever you express an emotional reaction to something in Spanish with a Que phrase afterwards, the Que phrase will be in?
The subjunctive mood
ex. How weird that they are here!
Que weird que estén aquí!
How amazing that you (formal) are my teacher!
¡Que increíble que usted sea mi maestro!
How nice that they’re at home early!
¡Qué bueno que estén en casa temprano!
What are the 3 sentence templates that use the subjunctive?
- Someone intend que something be the case
- Someone does something para que something to be the case.
- ¡Qué (reaction) que something be the case
They want me to be their friend (m)
Ellos quieren que yo sea su amigo
I hope we’re students
Espero que seamos estudiantes
Why is the doctor (f) your friend?
¿Por qué es la doctora tú amiga?
I did it for them to be at home
Yo lo hice para que estén en casa
I hope that they’re taller than she
Yo espero que sean más altos que ella
You want me to be at the place?
¿Tú quieres que yo esté en el lugar?
I’m here in order to be at home
Estoy aquí para estar en casa
The problem was that they (m) wanted to be students
El problema era que ellos querían ser estudiantes
They (f) did it for you to be the winner (f)
Ellas lo hicieron para que seas la ganadora
Do you want to be at the place?
¿Tú quieres estar en el lugar?
How silly that we are at home!
¡Qué tonto que estemos en casa!
I studied a lot in order to be a good student (m)
Estudié mucho para ser un buen estudiante
How sad that you’re not present!
¡Qué triste que no estés!
We(f) did it in order to be at the place
Nosotras lo hicimos para estar en el lugar
Do you (formal) want to be a millionaire?
¿Usted quiere ser millonario?
I did it in order for the girl to be at the place
Yo lo hice para que la chica esté en el lugar
You want her to be your friend and me not to be?
¿Quieres que ella sea tu amiga y que yo no lo sea?
