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subjunctive mood - expressing hopes and wishes

Gramática
Spanish verbs have both a tense and a mood. Until now, you
have been using the indicative mood which is used to discuss
facts and reality.

The subjunctive mood is used to discuss wishes, hopes,
and fantasies. Sentences may begin with:

Quiero que... - I want that...
Deseo que... - I desire that...
Espero que... - I hope that...

Examples:
Yo quiero que Juan me ayude a limpiar la casa.
I want John to help me clean the house.

Deseo que conozcas a mis padres.
I want you to meet my parents.

Yo espero que a tí te guste la música.
I hope that you like the music.

Gramática
When a sentences starts with one of these phrases, and the
subject of the sentences changes after que, then the verb
that follows que must be in the subjunctive mood.

Examples:

Yo quiero que Juan me ayude a limpiar la casa.

Deseo que conozcas a mis padres.

Yo espero que a tí te guste la música.

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To form the present subjunctive you use the first person
singular of the present indicative.
Drop the –o and add the following endings:

For –ar verbs: e, es, e, emos, éis, en

For –er and –ir verbs: a, as, a, amos, áis, an

Present subjunctive tense (irregular) of dar (to give)


yo	dé	(I give)
tú	des	(you give)
Ud./él/ella	dé	(you give, he/she gives)
nosotros	demos	(we give)
vosotros	deis	(you guys give)
Uds./ellos/ ellas	den	(you all/they give)

Sentences

Quiero que Juan se dé prisa. - I want John to hurry.
Yo espero que María me dé el dinero. - I hope that Mary gives me the money.
María quiere que yo le dé los boletos a Juan. - Mary wants me to give the tickets to John.
Juan quiere que yo le dé las cosas que él necesita. - John wants me to give him the things that he needs.
Ella quiere que yo se las dé. - She wants me to give them to him.
¿Quieres que yo te lo dé? - Do you want me to give it to you?
Yo espero que María me dé el dinero. - I hope that Mary gives me the money.

Ella dice que quiere que se lo des hoy. - She says that he wants you to give it to him today.
El niño quiere que le des tu helado. - The boy wants you to give him your ice cream.
Yo quiero que tú le des a Juan las cosas que él necesita. - I want you to give John the things that he needs.
Yo quiero que tú se las des. - I want you to give them to him.
Nosotros queremos que nos des el dinero. - We want you to give us the money.
Nosotros queremos que nos lo des mañana. - We want you to give it to us tomorrow.
María, yo quiero que les des el dinero mañana. - Mary, I want you to give them the money tomorrow.
Yo quiero que tú se lo des. - I want yuou to give it to her.
Leonor quiere que le des la receta de este postre. - Leonor wants you to give her the recipe for this dessert.

Los muchachos quieren que nosotros les demos el dinero. - The boys want us to give them the money.
Ellos quieren que les demos el dinero ahora. - They want us to give them the money now.
Ellos quieren que les demos el dinero. - They want us to give them the money.
Ellos quieren que se lo demos. - They want us to give it to them.

Muchachos, quiero que ustedes se den prisa. - Boys, I want you all to hurry.
Yo espero que le den el dinero mañana. - I hope that they give her the money tomorrow.
Yo espero que ellos se lo den mañana. - I hope that they give it to her tomorrow.
Esperamos que te den el dinero mañana. - We hope that they give you the money tomorrow.
Nosotros queremos que los muchachos nos lo den. - We want the boys to give it to us.
No puedo hacer nada mientras que no me den la respuesta. - I can't do anything as long as they don't give me the answer.

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