Purpose
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to use common present-subjunctive triggers for wishes, doubt, and necessity.
Lesson Explanation
Use the subjunctive after desire, necessity, and uncertainty: Quero que você venha, É importante que ele estude, Talvez chova. The point is not “future time”; it is the speaker’s attitude toward the action.
Practice Questions
1. Write “I want you to come.”
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Quero que você venha.2. Write “It is important that he study.”
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É importante que ele estude.3. Write “Maybe it will rain.”
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Talvez chova.4. What triggers the subjunctive here?
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Wish, necessity, or uncertainty.
5. What does talvez mean?
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Maybe.
6. What does venha mean?
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That you/he/she come.
7. Write “I hope you understand.”
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Espero que você entenda.8. Write “It is necessary that we leave.”
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É necessário que nós saiamos.9. Does the subjunctive simply mean future time?
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No.
10. What does it express?
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The speaker’s attitude toward the action.
11. Write “I doubt that he knows.”
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Duvido que ele saiba.12. Which word means “important”?