1. La narración y la descripción en el pasado (II)
Past subjunctive

2. Review Conditional Tense
Conditional Tense means would.
For Regular verbs add these endings onto infinitives:
-ía -íamos
-ías -íais
-ía -ían

3. Review Conditional Tense
hablar- would speak decir (dir-)- would say
hablaría hablaríamos diría diríamos
hablarías hablaríais dirías diríais
hablaría hablarían diría dirían

4. Review Conditional Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs use the same endings but have irregular stems:
These verbs have completely irregular stems:
decir dir-
hacer har-

5. Review Conditional Irregular Verbs
Infinitive stem drops Infinitive stem drops the final
the final vowel: vowel and replaces it with a d:
caber cabr- poner pondr-
haber habr- salir saldr-
poder podr- tener tendr-
querer querr- valer valdr-
saber sabr- venir vendr-

6. Forming the Past Subjunctive
The imperfect past subjunctive is formed by:
Conjugate the verb in ellos form preterite tense.
Drop the –on
Add -a -amos (put an accent on last vowel of the stem)
-as -áis
-a -an

7. Irregular Preterite Forms
andar anduvieron poder pudieron
caber cupieron poner pusieron
creer creyeron querer quisieron
dar dieron saber supieron
decir dijeron ser fueron
estar estuvieron tener tuvieron
hacer hicieron traer trajeron
ir fueron venir vinieron

8. The Past Subjunctive caminar caminara camináramos caminaras caminarais
caminara caminaran
beber
bebiera bebiéramos
bebieras bebierais
bebiera bebieran

9. The Past Subjunctive ir fuera fuéramos fueras fuerais fuera fueran
dormir
durmiera durmiéramos
durmieras durmierais
durmiera durmieran

10. The Past Subjunctive Independent Clause Dependent Clause
Present Indicative Present
Future Indicative Subjunctive
Past Indicative Past
(aka preterite & imperfect) Subjunctive
Conditional

11. Si clauses- Indicative
Si Marcos está en su cuarto, está escuchando música.
If Marcos is in his room, he is listening to music.
Si tengo bastante dinero, compraré una moto.
If I have enough money, I will buy a motorcycle.
Note: both of these “if” clauses convey the idea that the result caused by the conditional (si) clause is positive.

12. The Past Subjunctive Si clauses
The imperfect subjunctive (or pluperfect) is used in an “if” clause to express a hypothetical, contrary-to-fact statement.
Si quisiera la cámara, la habría comprado.
If I wanted the camera, I would buy it. (I don´t want it)

13. The Past Subjunctive Si clauses
The imperfect subjunctive (or pluperfect) is also used after como si, meaning as if.
Le preguntaron a José como si él supiera todas las respuestas.
They asked José as if he knew all the answers. (He doesn´t know all of them.)

14. Sequencing of Tenses- if clauses
“if” clause Result clause
Present Indicative Present Indicative
Si el libro es caro, yo no lo compro.
If the book is expensive, I don’t buy it.
Present Indicative Future (Indicative)
Si el libro es caro, yo no lo compraré.
If the book is expensive, I will not buy it.

15. Sequencing of Tenses- if clauses
“if” clause Result clause
Imperfect Subjunctive Conditional Indicative
Si el libro fuera caro, yo no lo compraría.
If the book were expensive, I wouldn´t buy it.
Plueperfect Subjunctive Conditional Perfect Indicative
Si el libro hubiera sido caro, yo no lo habría comprado.
If the book had been expensive, I wouldn´t have bought it.