📖LearnModule 8 · Lesson 14 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, first halfUnit 3 · El subjuntivo ampliado
The trigger list, gathered
Module 8 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B2, first half), lesson 14 of 30: Four families take the subjunctive, plus one relative-clause case (next lesson): will (querer que. On this page: 9 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
sin que
without (with a verb)
seen KEH
a menos que
unless
ah MEH-nohs keh
el desencadenante
the trigger
ehl deh-sehn-kah-deh-NAHN-teh
la familia de verbos
the family of verbs
lah fah-MEE-lyah deh BEHR-bohs
la ficha
the index card
lah FEE-chah
copiar
to copy out
koh-PYAR
repasar
to review (revise)
rreh-pah-SAR
clasificar
to sort into groups
klah-see-fee-KAR
ellos quieren que yo hable
they want me to speak
EH-yohs KYEH-rehn keh yoh AH-bleh
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
Four families take the subjunctive, plus one relative-clause case (next lesson): will (querer que, es importante que), wish (ojalá, espero que), emotion (me alegro de que, es una lástima que) and doubt (dudo que, es posible que, the negated opinion).
Y también · And also
Plus the fixed conjunctions: para que, antes de que, sin que, a menos que, con tal de que, por mucho que — and aunque and hasta que when the thing is still to come. Copy the list onto one card. Everything outside it takes the indicative, porque and ya que included.
Ojo · Watch out
Four families and the conjunction list take the subjunctive; everything else takes the indicative. When in doubt, ask: is this asserted as real? If yes, indicative. porque, ya que and puesto que are always indicative.
querer, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo quiera · tú quieras · él/ella/usted quiera · nosotros queramos · ustedes quieran · ellos/ellas quieran
poder, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo pueda · tú puedas · él/ella/usted pueda · nosotros podamos · ustedes puedan · ellos/ellas puedan
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with sin que.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out querer, presente de subjuntivo and poder, 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.