>> Hola. En esta lección vamos a hacer un resumen del
acrónimo WEIRDOS.
Before watching this video you might watch the previous video
where I introduce the present subjunctive.
If you've already watched it, we talked about an acronym
to remember many of the uses of the subjunctive
in the present tense known as WEIRDOS.
So, let's take a look at some examples
of each letter in the acronym.
First, "W" stands for wishes, desires, and imperatives.
Some examples: Quiero que ellos tengan cuidado;
esperamos que encuentres a tu tortuga.
You'd notice after the "que" we have the present subjective.
Some common verbs that we'll see before the "que"
that signal the present subjective are, desear, esperar,
necesitar, preferir and querer.
The "E" stands for emotions and feelings.
So, some examples of some different phrases if you have a
"me", "te", "le", "nos", "os" or "les" before alegra que,
disgusta que, fascina que, gusta que, hace plus an emotion que,
or molesta que; after the "que" we use the present subjunctive.
Some others we might find: estar plus an emotion possibly with de
and que, sentir plus que, temer plus que, and tener miedo que.
These are all kind of emotional phrases, feeling phrases,
when you feel that something might happen or somebody feels
that might happen, some examples might help.
¿Estás alegre de que podamos ir al concierto?
Me preocupa que no llueva por un mes.
The "I" in WEIRDOS stands for impersonal observations.
Some examples we might find: Es bueno que,
the subjunctive es fantástico que, es importante que,
es malo que, es maravilloso que, es necesario que,
es normal que, es raro que.
Es bueno que aprendas otro idioma.
Es importante que hagamos ejercicio.
The "R" will stand for recommendations and requests.
Some examples of some common phrases here: aconsejar que,
decir que, exigir que, insistir que, mandar que, pedir que,
recomendar que and sugerir que.
Some examples: Marcos recomienda que ustedes lleguen temprano.
La mamá de Sara le pide que pase por la tienda por leche.
The "D" in WEIRDOS stands for doubts, denial and disbelief.
So, here are some common phrases that we'll find with this,
if you ask one person
or multiple people what they believe, if they believe
that something might happen with creer and que,
no creer que changing this, of course in different forms,
no creer que, dudar que, negar que, asking if somebody
or some people might think that somebody is the way it is.
No pensar que, puede que, where it's possible that,
and these three quizá, quizás,
or tal vez also kind of [inaudible].
In all of these cases, this could be subjunctive
or indicative depending on the level of doubt that you have.
So, if you were asking somebody, "do you believe
that this thing is true?"
When you know it's not, then you might use subjunctive,
or do you think that it's true or it's not.
Or if you say maybe it's true but you're pretty sure it's not,
then you might use subjunctive to show that level
of doubt that you have.
Some examples: Felipe duda que sus amigos vengan a la fiesta,
no creo que usted entienda.
"O" stands for ojalá or ojalá que;
notice the "que" is optional.
Ojalá is kind of like "let's hope".
Some examples: Ojalá te vaya bien.
Ojalá nos sintamos mejor pronto.
And last but not least, the
"S" helps us remember of speculation.
So, some commom phrases we'll find with this are:
en caso de que, sin que, con tal de que, a menos que, para que,
antes de que, notice after the
"que" always require subjunctive.
And so, to help you remember they're organized
to spell "escapa".
Some examples of those:
Todos los estudiantes hablan antes de que el profesor llegue.
La mamá despierta a sus hijos para que no pierdan el autobús.
These are daily occurrences, possibly habits,
but you still need to make sure that after the
"que" those are in the subjunctive.
But then there are some others
that don't necessarily have the subjunctive unless they are
referring to things that are in the future
that you don't know yet, those will be después que, en cuanto,
hasta que, mientras que, or tan pronto como.
Here are some examples:
Hablaremos contigo tan pronto como estés aquí.
Kevin no puede hacer nada hasta que sus papás digan que sí.
So, these are future actions: we will talk with you as soon
as you get here, but you aren't here right now.
And Kevin can't do anything until his parents tell him yes,
but they still haven't told him yes,
so he can't do anything so it's the future.
And so, that's pretty much a short summary
of the acronym WEIRDOS.
I hope you remember when to use the present subjunctive.
Hopefully, you found this video helpful.
Let me know if you have any questions
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If you found this video helpful you might check out some
of the other videos in these series.
If you haven't seen it yet, you might check out the Introduction
to the present subjunctive, or if you want
to practice how we form verbs in the present subjunctive,
click here, if you think you're already ready for the test
over the present subjunctive click here, or if you want
to get a more in-depth look on any of the letters in WEIRDOS
as it's still a little unclear, click on any
of the letters individually.
Gracias por mirar y nos vemos.