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Estudiemos el subjuntivo.

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Parte I: Las cláusulas nominales

Ali Miano • Spanlang 101

^{El presente de subjuntivo}

• The subjunctive is the verbal "mood " we use for stuff that, frankly, "just ain't necessarily so," like hopes and wishes.

• Sometimes it's used in simple sentences with expressions like "Ojalá (que)" and "Ni que".

• Most of the time, though, it's used in complex sentences in a dependent clause that often begins with or includes "que".

^{La cláusula dependiente}

• So, what's a dependent clause? Also called a subordinate clause, it's a fragment of a sentence that can't stand on its own such as, "that Bochy likes treats" or "so that Bochy does tricks."

• In complex sentences, the subjunctive may be necessary in one of three types of dependent clauses: nominal, adverbial, or adjectival.

La cláusula nominal

• A nominal clause -una cláusula nominal- is called that because it takes the spot that a noun phrase would take in a simple sentence.

• Take, for example, the simple sentence: Bochy quiere un bizcochito. We could replace the noun phrase "un bizcochito" with a dependent clause: Bochy quiere [que Mami le dé un bizcochito].

¿"NIDDE"? ¡Ni idea!

• When the main clause, la cláusula principal, contains a verb or expression that falls in a certain set of categories that we'll call "NIDDE", then the dependent, in this case nominal, clause is in the subjunctive.

• NIDDE stands for: Necesidad, Influencia, Duda, Deseo y Emoción.

Some "NIDDE" verbs and expressions you might see in a main clause include:

• Necesidad: necesitar, requerir… "es necesario que..." ...

• Influencia: aconsejar, recomendar, sugerir, insistir en, permitir, mandar, demandar, pedir, exigir, prohibir… "se prohibe que..." ...

• Duda: dudar, negar… "es dudoso que..." ...

• Deseo: desear, querer, preferir… "es preferible que..." ...

• Emoción: alegrarse de, enojarse, enfadarse, entristecerse, temer, tener miedo de, esperar, sorprender, sentir(lo)… "es triste que...", "es lógico que...", "es (in)útil que..." ...

Algunos ejemplos con "NIDDE":

• Bochy prefiere que Mami le compre una variedad de bizcochitos.

• Es lógico que Mami le proporcione un surtido de bocaditos a un perro tan adorable.

• Mami exige que Bochy realice todo tipo de trucos (pero no le molesta a este en absoluto).

¡A ver los trucos tuyos! Completa las oraciones en el próximo ejercicio.

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