📖LearnModule 8 · Lesson 11 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, first halfUnit 3 · El subjuntivo ampliado
Emotion takes the subjunctive
Module 8 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B2, first half), lesson 11 of 30: Feeling about something someone else does is the second great subjunctive trigger. 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
me alegro de que vengas
I am glad that you are coming
meh ah-LEH-groh deh keh BEHN-gahs
tengo miedo de que
I am afraid that
TEHN-goh MYEH-doh deh keh
es una lástima que
it is a shame that
ehs OO-nah LAHS-tee-mah keh
siento que
I am sorry that
SYEHN-toh keh
me sorprende que
I am surprised that
meh sohr-PREHN-deh keh
la emoción
the emotion
lah eh-moh-SYOHN
el sentimiento
the feeling
ehl sehn-tee-MYEHN-toh
sorprendente
astonishing
sohr-prehn-DEHN-teh
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
Feeling about something someone else does is the second great subjunctive trigger. Me alegro de que vengas, tengo miedo de que sea tarde, es una lástima que no puedan quedarse. Siento que (I am sorry that) and me sorprende que (I am surprised that) join the list.
Y también · And also
The list is long but the pattern is one: an emotion word, then que, then a DIFFERENT person. If the person is the same, the infinitive returns: me alegro de venir. Notice the de that alegrarse and tener miedo carry: me alegro DE que, tengo miedo DE que.
Ojo · Watch out
Emotion + que + a DIFFERENT person takes the subjunctive: me alegro de que vengas. The same person takes the infinitive: me alegro de venir. And the de stays: me alegro de que, never me alegro que.
venir, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo venga · tú vengas · él/ella/usted venga · nosotros vengamos · ustedes vengan · ellos/ellas vengan
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with me alegro de que vengas.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out venir, 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.