Formation
Of The Present Subjunctive Regular Verbs
To form the present subjunctive of most verbs, add the personal endings
of the present subjunctive to the yo form of the present
indicative minus the -o ending. For the subjunctive, -ar
verb endings are -e, -es, -e, -emos, -éis,
-en, and -er / -ir verb endings are -a, -as,
-a, -amos, -áis, -an. (Notice that the
third person forms [él/ella/usted and ellos/ellas/ustedes]
of regular verbs in the subjunctive are the same forms used in formal commands.)
-ar verbs |
HABLAR |
hable |
hablemos |
hables |
habléis |
hable |
hablen |
-er verbs |
COMER |
coma |
comamos |
comas |
comáis |
coma |
coman |
-ir verbs |
VIVIR |
viva |
vivamos |
vivas |
viváis |
viva |
vivan |
Just as for the formal commands, since the
form of the present subjunctive is taken from the yo form of the
present indicative, stem-changing
verbs and verbs that are irregular in the yo
form have the same irregularity in the present subjunctive. In addition,
verbs ending in -car, -gar, and -zar have the same
spelling change that you learned for the formal commands: c > qu,
g > gu, and z > c. (See the list of irregular
and stem-changing verbs for the formal commands if you need to review these.)
The verbs that are irregular for the formal commands are also irregular
for the present subjunctive. These forms must be memorized.
Present Subjunctive Forms - Irregular
Verbs
These verbs are irregular in the present subjunctive and must be memorized:
DAR |
dé |
demos |
des |
deis |
dé |
den |
ESTAR |
esté |
estemos |
estés |
estéis |
esté |
estén |
HABER |
haya |
hayamos |
hayas |
hayáis |
haya |
hayan |
SABER |
sepa |
sepamos |
sepas |
sepáis |
sepa |
sepan |
IR |
vaya |
vayamos |
vayas |
vayáis |
vaya |
vayan |