📖LearnModule 7 · Lesson 3 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, completedUnit 1 · Quiero que — the subjunctive opens
The six that refuse to behave
Module 7 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, completed), lesson 3 of 30: Six verbs build their subjunctive from a stem of their own. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
que yo sea
that I be
keh yoh SEH-ah
es importante que estés aquí
it is important that you are here
ehs eem-pohr-TAHN-teh keh ehs-TEHS ah-KEE
quiero que vayas
I want you to go
KYEH-roh keh BAH-yahs
que haya
that there be
keh AH-yah
que sepas
that you know
keh SEH-pahs
que me dé
that he give me
keh meh DEH
irregular
irregular
ee-rreh-goo-LAR
de memoria
by heart
deh meh-MOH-ryah
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
Six verbs build their subjunctive from a stem of their own, and they are six you will use daily: ser (que sea), estar (que esté), ir (que vaya), haber (que haya), saber (que sepa), dar (que dé). Every other verb, however irregular in the present, follows the yo-form rule.
Y también · And also
Learn them as whole phrases rather than as a table: es importante que estés aquí (it is important that you are here), quiero que vayas (I want you to go), que sepas (so that you know). The form is irregular; the sentence around it never is.
Ojo · Watch out
The six irregulars are learned as phrases: que sea, que esté, que vaya, que haya, que sepa, que dé. Never que soy after quiero que. And dé keeps its accent to stay apart from de (of).
ser, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo sea · tú seas · él/ella/usted sea · nosotros seamos · ustedes sean · ellos/ellas sean
ir, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo vaya · tú vayas · él/ella/usted vaya · nosotros vayamos · ustedes vayan · ellos/ellas vayan
estar, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo esté · tú estés · él/ella/usted esté · nosotros estemos · ustedes estén · ellos/ellas estén
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with que yo sea.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out ser, presente de subjuntivo and ir, presente de subjuntivo and estar, presente de subjuntivo in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
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.