The Present Subjunctive form

• We take the first person singular "Yo " form of the verb (we'll use Hablar):

1) Hablar ---> Hablo

2) Drop the "o"

3) --->  Habl-

4) Add the opposite ending: `e'  (in other words, an ending we would expect to see on an Ir or Er  verb)

5) ---> Hable

• If the "Yo" form is irregular, the subjunctive form will be irregular:

1) Traer ----> Yo traigo

2) Drop the "o" ---> Traig-

3) Add the opposite ending `a'

4) Traiga

There are six Spanish verbs with irregular present tense subjunctive forms.  With Estar, Ser  and Dar, drop both the "O" and the "Y":

• In addition, if there is a stem change in the Present Tense, there will be a stem change in all of the conjugations in the Subjunctive form with the exception of the Nosotros form of -Ar and -Er verbs. Only -Ir verbs continue to stem-change in the Preterite and they follow the same pattern as the stem-changers in the Preterite.

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