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If the first verb is in the present, present perfect (he visto, ha dicho), future (llegara con accento), or imperative (ponga, salga), the second (dependent) verb will usually be ___________ or the __________.
in the present subjunctive (venga, vaya) or the present perfect subjunctive (haya comido, hayas disfrutado)
If the first verb is in any past tense or a conditional tense, the second verb will usually be in the ______.
imperfect subjunctive (hablara, viniera)
Si ______ más dinero, viajaría por todo el mundo.
tuviera
Si yo _____ tú, no lo haría.
fuera (If I were you, I wouldn’t do it)
Imperfect subjunctive endings
-ra –ras –ra –ramos –rais-ran
hablar in imperfect subjunctive
hablara, hablaras, hablara, habláramos, hablaran
Quise que _____ a mi fiesta.
vinieras ( I wanted you to come to my party)
Le iba a prestar dinero para que se _____ un abrigo.
comprara
Tenía miedo de que no ______
lloviera
It doesn’t seem to me that the journey was long.
No me parece que el viaje fuera/fuese largo.
t’s good that he got married
Es bueno que él se casara
I wish it were snowing in Panama.
Ojalá que nevara/nevase en Panamá
I would like two weeks of vacation.
Quisiera/Quisiese dos semanas de vacaciones.
If I were queen, I would travel all over the world.
Si yo fuera/fuese reina, viajaría por todo el mundo.
I’m delighted that you enjoyed the video
Me alegro de que hayas disfrutado del video.