Present Subjunctive Conjugations and Examples

As a general rule, the present subjunctive mood is used to indicate:

1. doubt/uncertainty
2. desires, instructions or wishes with two subjects and/or two verbs (almost
always both)
3. indirect description of opinions using que, particularly those that are
subjective rather than highly likely or indesputable face
4. a negative opinion including verbs such as creer or pensar
5. an action triggered by another action, usually using the word cuando
6. wishes beginning with ojal
(As always, with languages, there are exceptions to the rule!)

1. Dudo que vaya a la fiesta

2. Quiero que mi hija sea mdica
3. Es importante que mis novio conozca mis amigos
4. No creo que hable demasiado
5. Visitaremos Londres ms el ao que viene, cuando mis padres vivan ah
6. Ojal que come pizza cada da!

Notes on conjugation:
In its regular form, the present subjunctive is generally easy to conjugate, and easy
to remember once you learn the rules. With regular present subjunctive verbs, take
the present singular I/yo form of the regular present indicative and remove the o.
Then add the appropriate ending from the following list:
-ar verbs:
-e, -es, -e, -emos, -is, en
-er and -ir verbs:
-a, -as, -a, -amos, -is, -an

Unfortunately, as with many Spanish verbs, there are a large number of irregular
conjugations. However, most of these can be grouped and each group of irregular
verbs follows its own gramatical rules. For example, referring to the irregular verbs
below and others that are similar, ir, huir, and haber can be grouped together, as can
pensar, perder and mentir, and tener, salir and venir. Once patterns can be found in
irregular verbs, all Spanish tenses are far less daunting!

Irregular
Pensar
(yo) piense
(t) pienses
(l/ella/Ud.) piense
(nosotros) pensemos
(vosotros) pensis
(ellos/ellas/Uds.) piensen

Ir
(yo) vaya
(t) vayas
(l/ella/Ud.) vaya
(nosotros) vayamos
(vosotros) vayis
(ellos/ellas/Uds.) vayan

Ser
(yo) sea
(t) seas
(l/ella/Ud.) sea
(nosotros) seamos
(vosotros) seis
(ellos/ellas/Uds.) sean

Conocer
(yo) conozca
(t) conozcas
(l/ella/Ud.) conozca
(nosotros) conozcamos
(vosotros) conozcis
(ellos/ellas/Uds.) conozcan

Hablar
(yo) hable
(t) hables
(l/ella/Ud.) hable
(nosotros) hablemos
(vosotros) hablis
(ellos/ellas/Uds.) hablen

Vivir
(yo) viva
(t) vivas
(l/ella/Ud.) viva
(nosotros) vivamos
(vosotros) vivis
(ellos/ellas/Uds.) vivan

Comer
(yo) coma
(t) comas
(l/ella/Ud.) coma
(nosotros) comamos
(vosotros) comis
(ellos/ellas/Uds.) coman