The indicative, the imperative, and the subjunctive are the three moods you’ll learn in Spanish (we’ll discuss that in another video maybe).
A mood is a way of saying things in a language. Subj… what?!Įl subjuntivo (the subjunctive) is a mood in Spanish… ¡No, no me refiero a que el español se ponga feliz o triste! (No, I’m not saying Spanish might feel happy or sad). That’s why memorizing chunks that contain the subjunctive and that you hear from native speakers is the best way to guarantee that you use the subjunctive correctly every single time. I mean, imagine yourself in a conversation… can you visualize a whole subjunctive conjugation table as you’re trying to string together a sentence? And that’s only IF you actually knew you had to use a subjunctive in the first place! There are actually loads of conjugation tables for the subjunctive, but trying to cram them in your brain is a dead end as you will never be able to think about them and apply them fast enough. Today I will teach the subjunctive through chunks, that is, fixed word combinations related to el subjuntivo that native speakers use all the time and that you can learn by heart as a whole so you don’t even have to think about grammar rules or conjugation tables. Quizás nunca hayas escuchado la palabra subjuntivo (Perhaps you have never heard the word subjunctive before), y es posible que el subjuntivo sea (probably, the subjunctive is) one of the hardest things in Spanish grammar… but it doesn’t have to be! I want to show you that understanding and using the subjunctive is actually really easy… if you learn it the right way! Chunks are what you need to learn the subjunctive If you’ve been struggling with the proper use of the subjuntivo, ¡no te preocupes! (don’t worry)! This video is for you.