| 2.15 Healthy Recommendations and the Subjunctive |
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Recommendations and suggestions are pretty similar to the commands, so they must be in subjunctive.
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| Ay, doctor. Estornudo mucho. Creo que tengo una alergía. | Oh, doctor. I sneeze a lot. I think I have an allergy. |
Recomiendo que evite gatos, perros y flores. También, sugiero que tome estas pastillas cada mañana. | I recommend that you avoid cats, dogs and flowers. I also suggest that you take these pills every morning. |
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| Doctor, tengo fiebre de 38 gardos centígrados. | Doctor, I have a fever of 38 degrees Celsius. |
| Recomiendo que tome una aspirina con agua y duerma mucho. |
I recommend that you take a aspirin with water and sleep a lot. |
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| Doctor, tengo mucha tos y me duele la garganta. | I caugh a lot and my throat hurts. |
Sugiero que tome este jarabe dos veces al día. | I suggest that you take the syrup twice a day. |
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| Ay doctor, me duele la cabeza. Y siempre estoy estornudando. | I have a headache, and I am always sneezing. |
Tiene usted un resfriado.
Recomiendo que beba mucha agua y coma sopa. Prohíbe que coma comida basura. | you have a cold. I recommend that you drink a lot of water and eat soup. I prohibit that you eat junk food. |
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1st part, main/independent clause is in indicative mood.
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| 2nd part, everything following the relative pronoun 'que' is supporting clause which is in subjunctive. |
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-AR
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| Singular Plural | Singular Plural |
1ª persona -e -emos
| -a -amos |
2ª persona -es -éis
| -as -áis |
3ª persona -e -en
| -a -an |
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| Doctor, soy gordo y siempre estoy cansado. |
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Recomiendo que (tú) (hacer- hago) cinta. |
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| hagas |
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| Doctor, tú y yo necesitamos hacer más ejercicio. |
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Sugiero que (nosotros) (hacer-hago) bicicleta o (hacer-hago) ejercicios aeróbicos cada día. |
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| hagamos hagamos |
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| Doctor, queremos músculos grandes. ¿Qué nos aconseja? |
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| Os aconsejo que (vosotros) (hacer-hago) flexiones y (levantar- levanto) pesas. |
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| hagáis levantéis |
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| Doctor, las piernas siempre me duelen cuando corro. |
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| Recomiendo que (usted) (estirar- estiro) bien antes de correr. |
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| estire |
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irregular verbs:
dar, estar, ser, ir and saber |
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| dar, estar, ser, ir -- subjunctive stem all ended with OY |
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| doy, estory, soy and voy |
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dar, to give
D+ regular AR subjunctive endings |
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| the stem is simply letter ‥D‥, but add a tilde on the first and the 3rd person singular conjugation carry tilde to distinguish from preposition, ‥de‥ - of/from. |
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dé des dé demos deis den
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estar, to be
Est+ regular AR subjunctive endings |
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| The stem is EST and it carries tildes on all endings except the nosotros form to move the all accents to the last syllable. |
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| esté, estés, esté, estemos, estéis, estén |
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ser, to be
Se + regular AR subjunctive endings |
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| sea, seas, sea, seamos, seáis, sean |
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ir, to go
Vay+ regular AR subjunctive endings, close to present indicative form, voy. |
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| vaya, vayas, vaya, vayamos, vayáis, vayan |
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| saber, to know |
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| Yo sé (I know) |
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| ¡Tú sé! (You be!) |
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| Se lava (he wishes himself) |
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| Sep + regular AR subjunctive endings |
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| sepa, sepas, sepa, sepamos, sepáis, sepan |
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