Comments on: Ben’s Spanish Subjunctive Secret!

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:52:01 +0000

Very helpful. These same rules, of course, apply to French. And I wonder, do we ever use the subjunctive in English. For instance, one can say either “I wish I was going,” or “I wish I were going.” I have always thought “were” was subjunctive, but maybe not.
Here are a few sentences about my cat. I wonder if you need the subjunctive when I talk about how I think my cat is feeling. Obviously, I don’t really know.
Una vez, cuando mi hija pasó cerca de Morrie, y dijo “”que gatita muy adorable”, Morrie la atacó con dientes y garras. Creo que ella fue insultada.

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:34:59 +0000

Excellent thanks

By: Alan Russell

Alan Russell — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:18:08 +0000

¡Fantástico! Honestemente, tengo siempre problemas decidir entre el indicativo e el subjunctivo, y esa guía graciosa me ayuda mucho. Gracias por otro gran recurso

By: Dominic

Dominic — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:08:06 +0000

¡Estupendo! muchas gracias Ben. Con este ejemplo, porfin, lo entiendo mas claramente .

By: anthony crespo

anthony crespo — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:24:50 +0000

Excellent but you need to get more information on the difference between voice and mood. The subjunctive is not a voice (active/passive) but a mood (aka mode).

tc,
Spanish Language teacher

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:54:19 +0000

@James, haha, good to see you pop in here, can’t wait to see your venture take off soon!

By: James IVOZI

James IVOZI — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:37:07 +0000

Good to see you finally doing some proper work, Curtis, instead of chinwagging with your missus. Keep it up and I might even take you seriously as a teacher. Ha ha ha…

From…. your bitter peer with no revenue who’s about to start chinwagging for a living.

un abrazo

By: Carlota

Carlota — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:42 +0000

I thought your video on the subjunctive was very helpful. I also picked up on a couple more helpful hints from other viewers of your video who use, “may” and “ever”, in the thought process. Thanks to all 3 of you.

By: Marco

Marco — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:50:54 +0000

Muy interesante – aprender Español de un Ingles como Aleman! Gracias por vuestros videos! Mi mujer es Española y nos gusta mucho ver los videos. Tenemos muchas vezes las mismas situationes y discusiones sobre diferencias culturales… Muchos saludos, Marco

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:23:17 +0000

Nice video. You should consider making a video to correspond to each of the 12 rules you have for the subjuntive. I think it would great.

BTW, love your work, keep it up, I’ve learned un monton de cosas from you two.

Too bad you don’t do Mexican Spanish. :>(