Introduction to Subjunctive in Spanish

The subjunctive is used to express desires, commands, possibility, opinions, ambiguity and to describe situations that have not yet occurred.

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In Spanish, the subjunctive must be part of a subordinate clause. Then, the main sentence must express that doubt, desire or emotion. For example:

• Es bueno que Juan coma.

• Dudo que Juan coma.

• Ojalá que Catherine aprenda el subjuntivo

• Necesito que vayas a Central

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One of the most frequent scenarios where we may need the subjunctive is when we have a verb followed by the nexus "que". The choice of the subjunctive or indicative mode will depend on the meaning of the main verb and also on whether it is a negative, affirmative or interrogative sentence.....

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