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B1 preview: quiero que — the subjuntivo met
Module 5 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A2 mastery + the B1 bridge), lesson 29 of 30: The connectors that make B1 sentences breathe: si (if), aunque (although), cuando, porque. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
quiero que vengas
I want you to come
KYEH-roh keh BEHN-gahs
espero que
I hope that
ehs-PEH-roh keh
ojalá
hopefully
oh-hah-LAH
si
if
see
si quieres
if you want
see KYEH-rehs
aunque
although
OWN-keh
vosotros
you (plural, in Spain)
boh-SOH-trohs
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
The connectors that make B1 sentences breathe: si (if), aunque (although), cuando, porque. And one new mood, met for recognition only: after quiero que and espero que the verb changes shape — quiero que vengas (I want you to come). That is the subjuntivo; the Independent band teaches it.
Y también · And also
One more thing you will read: in Spain, a group of friends is vosotros, with its own verb forms (vosotros habláis). This series drills ustedes, the plural you of Latin America — but you will meet vosotros in books and films, and now you know what it is.
Ojo · Watch out
si (if) takes no accent; sí (yes) does. And vosotros is Spain's plural you: recognize it when you read it, and keep saying ustedes.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with quiero que vengas.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 29 in Module 5 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.