Present Subjunctive

One of the uses of the subjunctive mood is to persuade someone to do something.

For example, if you call a friend and discover that he is not at home, you might ask whoever answered the phone to leave your friend a message.

In Spanish, such a sentence requires use of the subjunctive mood.

For example:

Dile que me devuelva mi libro mañana. 
Tell him to return my book to me tomorrow.
Sí señor, dígale por favor que lleve mi disco 
de los jaguares a la escuela mañana. 
Yes sir, please tell him to bring my Jaguars 
CD to school tomorrow.

Notice that in each example the speaker is asking someone to do something. If the speaker were simply giving information then the subjunctive mood would not be used.

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