Use of Subjunctive

Verb in the subordinate clause is used in the subjunctive mode if one of the following verbs with the given meaning is used in the main clause:

Opinion/judgement

Está bien/mal
Me parece bien/mal/raro
Es normal
Es una pena 
A mí me da igual
No me importa
Lo más importante es
Lo principal es
que las tradiciones cambien.

Feeling

Me gusta
Me encanta 
Me hace ilusión
que me regalen flores.
Me molesta
Me pone nervioso
Me pone de mal humor 
No soporto
Detesto
que me despierten los domingos antes de las diez.

Necessity/Obligation

Es importante
Es necesario 
Es fundamental
que el piso tenga un balcón.

Wish, appeal or hope

Quiero
Exijo 
Deseo
Espero
que el barrio sea seguro.

Surprise

Qué raro
No puede ser
No es posible 
Me extraña
que te hayas quedado dormido.

Uncertainty, doubt

Dudo
No creo
No está comprobado 
No es verdad
No es cierto
que sea bueno comer mucho por las noches.

Subjunctive is also used:

in wishes

¡Que te diviertas!
¡Ojalá no llueva mañana! 

in relative clauses when a person is looking for/ needs somebody or something and does not know whether it/he/she exists

Busco a una persona que me pague la gasolina. 

when the verb in the main clause is negative

No conozco a nadie que utilice lentillas desechables. 

when we leave decision to others

Puedes ir cuando quieras.
Haz lo que quieras.
 

after expressions of assumption

Quizá(s) esté en un atasco.
Tal vez se haya quedado dormido.

after cuando and hasta que to express the future

Cuando me jubile, podré dedicar más tiempo a mis aficiones.
No hagas nada hasta que yo confirme las plazas.

after para que and antes de que

Los parques se crean para que el ciudadano disfrute de la naturaleza.
Oye, antes de que se me olvide, ¿tienes planes para el fin de semana?

in conditional clauses with real/possible condition

Si me tocara la lotería, dejaría de trabajar. 

to express request or command

Que tengas cuidado.
Te recomienda que lo pruebes.
Dice que vengas.
Me pedían que no abriera la puerta.
Me prohibían que llegara a casa después de las diez.

after aunque in the sense even if with future reference

Aunque se enfade conmigo, voy a decírselo. 

Grammar
Pronunciation
Stress
Diphthongs
Alphabet
Personal Pronouns (Who?)
“Ser” (To Be)
“Llamarse” (Be Called)
Gender of the Nouns
Definite Article (Singular)
Preposition “a” Linked with “el”
Adjectives of Nationalities
“Tener” (Have/Own)
Negation
Question Words “¿cómo?”, “¿de dónde?”, “¿qué?”
Indefinite Article (Singular)
Jobs
Present Tense of Regular Verbs Ending in “-ar”
“Hacer” (Do)
“Estar” (Be)
Present Tense of Regular Verbs Ending in “-ir”
Question Words “¿dónde?”, “¿cuántos?”, “¿qué?”
Definite and Indefinite Articles (Singular and Plural)
Formation of the Plural of Nouns
“Ir” (Go, Travel, Move)
“Ir a” + Verb to Express Future Intention/Plan
“Hay” (There Is/Are)
“Uno/una” as Pronouns
Present Tense of Regular Verbs Ending in “-er”
“Querer” (Want)
Use of “otro/-a”
Pronouns in Position of Indirect Object (Dative, Whom?)
Use of Stressed and Unstressed Pronouns
“Gusta/gustan”
Emphasis and Negation of “gusta/gustan”
“Preferir” (Prefer)
Agreeing or Disagreeing
Time details
Question Words “¿a qué hora?”, “¿cuándo?”
Use of “estar” (Be)
Adjectives
Position of Adjectives
“Ser” + Adjective
“Muy” (Very) - “mucho” (Much)
Use of “hay” and “está/están”
“Seguir” (Follow, Continue)
Ordinal numerals
Preposition “de” Linked with “el”
Pronouns in Position of Direct Object (Accusative; Who or What?) “lo, los, la, las”
Pronouns in Position of Direct and Indirect Objects
“Poner” (Place, Put, Give)
Expressing Quantity
Demonstrative Pronouns
“Poder” (Can)
Interrogative Pronouns “¿quién?”, “¿cuánto/-a/os/-as?”
Daytime
List of Conjugations
Reflexive Verbs
“Salir” (Leave/Go out)
Time Expressions with “todo/todos”
Days in the Week
Date
Expressing Future Plans and Intentions
Use of “ya” (Already) and “todavía no” (Not Yet)
“Quedar” (Make a Date/Appointment, Meet) and “quedarse” (Stay)
Stressed Pronouns Connected with Prepositions
“¿Por qué?”,“ porque” and “es que”
Simple Past of Regular Verbs (el pretérito indefinido)
Use of Indefinido - Simple Past
Indefinido of Verbs “ser” and “ir”
Indefinido of Irregular Verbs
Indefinido of Some Verbs Ending in “-ir”
Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives
Verb Type c -- zc
Direct Object in Accusative
Spelling Irregularities of Some Verbs in Indefinido
Conditional (el condicional)
Irregular Forms of Conditional
Use of Conditional
Comparative using the adverb “mucho”
Use of Reflexive Pronoun “se”
Interrogative Pronoun “¿cuál?” (what?)
Possessive pronouns
Gerund
“Estar” + Gerund (Progressive Form)
Use of Verb “creer que”
Comparative of “grande” and “pequeño”
Use of “ser” and “estar”
Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto)
Use of Imperfect
Irregular Verb Forms of Imperfect
Use of Imperfect and Indefinido
Forms of Comparative of “bueno” and “malo”
Imperative (el imperativo)
Imperative of Irregular Verbs
Imperative and Pronouns
Use of Imperative
Perfect Tense (el pretérito perfecto)
Irregular Participles
Use of Perfect
Stressed Possessive Pronouns
Use of Tenses
Giving Time with the Help of “hace”, “desde” and “desde hace”
Simple Future (el futuro)
Irregular Forms of Simple Future
Use of Simple Future
List of common irregular verbs
Summary of Grammar Terminology
List of Countries and Nationalities
Spanish Bien Mirado
Addressing in Spain and Latin America
Personal Pronoun “vos” and Appropriate Verb Forms
Giving Position with the Help of “estar en” and “estar al/a la”
Giving Time in the Present with the Help of “desde”, “desde hace” and “hace ... que ...”
Periphrastic Verb Forms (perífrasis verbales)
Use of Verbs “llevar/traer” and “ir/venir”
Interrogative Pronouns “¿qué?” and “¿cuál/cuáles?”
Diminutives (el diminutivo)
Use of Past Tenses (1)
Giving Position and Direction by Prepositions
Use of Past Tenses (2)
Indicative (indicativo) and Subjunctive (subjuntivo)
Present Subjunctive of Regular Verbs
Present Subjunctive of Selected Irregular Verbs
Present Subjunctive of the Verb “ir”
Use of Subjunctive after Expressions of Opinion and Attitude
Use of Subjunctive in Wishes
Present Subjunctive of “ser”, “estar”, “haber”
Present Subjunctive of Verbs with a Stem Vowel Change “o--ue / e--ie / e--i”
Present Subjunctive of Verbs “ofrecer”, “conocer” and “conducir”
Use of Subjunctive to Express Necessity or Opinion
Use of Subjunctive after Verbs Expressing Wish, Want, Request
Neutral Article “lo”
Use of “ser” and “estar” when Describing and Evaluating Meals and Food
Absolute Superlative (el superlativo absoluto)
Pronouns of Direct Object (accusative; who, what?) and Indirect Object (dative; whom?) Used in One Sentence
Pronouns With Imperative and Infinitive
Use of Indicative and Subjunctive after “creer que” and “pensar que”
Prepositions with the Meaning “on”
Use of Infinitive when Shortening Temporal Clauses
Periphrastic Verb Forms (perífrasis verbales)
Use of Imperfect and Perfect/Indefinido
Indirect Repetition of Questions or Proclamations
Comparing Nouns
Use of Indicative and Subjunctive after “querer”, “buscar”, “conocer”
Use of “alguien” and “nadie”
Meaning and Use of “mismo/-os/-a/-as”
Relative Pronouns
Uses of the Verb “saber” (Know, Can)
Use of Subjunctive after “esperar”
Use of Subjunctive after “ojalá”
Use of Subjunctive in Situation when Decision Is Left to Another Person
Use of Subjunctive after “cuando”
Future Perfect Tense (el futuro perfecto)
Use of Future Tenses to Express Speculation
Perfect Subjunctive (el perfecto de subjuntivo)
Use of Perfect Subjunctive (pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo)
Subjunctive after Expressions of Astonishment
Other Ways of Expressing Speculation
Plusquamperfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto)
Use of Plusquamperfect
Meaning of Expressions with “ponerse”, “volverse”, “ser”
Subjunctive to Express Feelings
Periphrastic Verb Forms (perífrasis verbales)
Use of Indicative and Subjunctive after “aunque” in the Present Tense
Real Conditional Clauses
Various Ways of Giving Advice
Subjunctive after Verbs of Doubting
Use of Indicative and Subjunctive after Expressions of Probability
Various Translations of the Verb “must/have to”
Use of “ser” and “estar”
Use of “para” and “para que”
Expressions for Giving Reason
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfect Subjunctive of Irregular Verbs
Use of Imperfect Subjunctive in Real Conditional Clauses
Use of Prepositions “por” and “para”
Use of Indicative and Subjunctive after “hasta que” and Other Temporal Conjunctions
Perfect Conditional (el condicional perfecto)
Use of Perfect Conditional
Periphrastic Verb Forms (perífrasis verbales)
Sequence of Tenses in Subordinate Clauses with Subjunctive
Direct and Reported Speech (1)
Direct and Reported Speech (2)
Sequence of Tenses in Subjunctive
Use of Subjunctive
List of common irregular verbs
Summary of Grammar Terminology
Use of the Indicative and the Subjunctive with the Verbs and Expressions of Opinion and Probability
Relative Pronouns of “que” and “quien”
Use of the Subjunctive after the Expressions of Feeling and Pleasure
Subjunctive in the Subordinate Clauses
Expressing Assumption and Probability
Using the Imperfect to Express Routines in the Past
Expressing Quantity
Giving Advice
Fulfillable ‘IF’ Clauses
Subjunctives after the Expressions and Verbs of Influence
Use of “para que”
Use of Subjunctive after the Expressions of Necessity
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfect of Subjunctive of Irregular Verbs
Use of the Imperfect of the Subjunctive in the Fulfillable ‘IF’ Clause in the Present
Pluperfect of the Subjunctive
Use of Pluperfect of the Subjunctive in the Unfulfillable ‘IF’ Clause in the Past
Alternative Ways to Express the Unrealizable Wishes
Use of the Subjunctive After “cuando”
Use of the Indicative and the Subjunctive after “antes de que, hasta que” and Other Time Conjunctions
Relative Pronoun of “que”
Comparative and Superlative Forms of the Adjectives
Conjunctions Expressing the Opposite Meaning
Periphrases with the Verb in the Infinitive
Evaluating Experience and Events
Use of Imperfect and Indefinido
Expressing Reasons and Consequences
Passive
Grammatical Differences between Spain and Latin America
Subjunctive
List of common irregular verbs