Subjunctive Deck

Question 1

What does WEIRDO represent?

Answer 1

W - Wishes and desires
E - Emotions
I - Impersonal Observation
R - Requests & Recommendations
D - Doubt or denial
O - Ojalá

Question 2

What triggers the imperfect subjunctive?
I hoped you would come
I wanted you to come to my party

Answer 2

1. Past occurances
   (WEIRDO verb is in the past or imperfect)
   Esperaba que vinieras
   Quise que vinieras a mi fiesta

Question 3

What triggers the imperfect subjunctive?
It’s good that he got married
I’m happy

Answer 3

2. Opinions or emotions about past events
   (Trigger verb WEIRDO is in the present tense usually)
   Es bueno que él se casara
   Me alegro que él empezara trabajar

Question 4

What triggers the imperfect subjunctive?

I wish I had a rich and famous boyfriend

Answer 4

3. Doubts & Wishes or Ojalá

Ojalá tuviera un novio rico y famoso

Question 5

What triggers the imperfect subjunctive?

If I was a millionaire, I would travel all over the world

Answer 5

4. Hypothetical If clauses
   subjunctive phrase starts the sentence
   Si yo fuera millionario, viajaría por todo el mundo

Question 6

What triggers the imperfect subjunctive?

I would like to have 2 weeks of vacation

Answer 6

5. Very polite requests or suggestions

Quisiera dos semanas de vacaciones

Question 7

I asked you to come to my office to talk about the results

What is the trigger here?

Answer 7

Le pedí que viniera a mi consulta para hablar sobre los resultados

5. Requests = WEIRDO (in the past)

Question 8

It surprised me that you wouldn’t give me the results over the phone. Is something wrong?
What is the trigger?

Answer 8

Me sorprendió que no me diera los resultados por teléfono. ¿Pasa algo?
2. Emotions about a past event

Question 9

I was really afraid that the results were not good

Answer 9

Tenía mucho miedo de que los resultados no fuera buenos

4. Emotion & ‘de que’

Question 10

I preferred that you and I talked in person, Raúl.

What is the trigger?

Answer 10

Preferí que usted y yo habláramos en persona, Raúl.

4. Wishes or desires

Question 11

It’s good that you underwent some tests last week

What is the trigger?

Answer 11

Es bueno que usted sometiera a un grupo de pruebas la semana pasada.
3. Opinions or emotion about a past event

Question 12

My family ordered me to do the tests

Trigger?

Answer 12

Mi familia me ordenó que me hiciera las pruebas

4. Request

Question 13

It didn’t seem like the pain was unbearable

Trigger?

Answer 13

no me pareció que el dolor fuera tan insoportable

4. opinion

Question 14

Before doing the test, I didn’t think you had anything serious.
Trigger?

Answer 14

antes de hacer los tests no creía que usted tuviera nada grave
2. Opinion or Doubt

Question 15

I’m probably going to die?

Trigger?

Answer 15

¿Sería probable qué yo muriera?

4. Doubts or improbable/uncertain predictions (like ojala)?