Past Subjunctive Irregular — Spanish Verb Conjugation
One of the past subjunctive conjugations are formed by taking off the “ron” from the third person plural of the Spine or Preterite and adding the past subjunctive endings. Now, that’s how most text books and grammar books teach how to conjugate the past subjunctive, but honestly, by the time you process all of that in your head and come up with the right conjugation, a conversation you may have been having with a native speaker would have already past you by. I’ll show you a simpler way to learn the irregulars. And, as always, the key to fluency is repetition and practice.
AR Past Subjunctive Endings
| -ara | -áramos |
-aras |
-arais |
-ara |
-aran |
ER IR Past Subjunctive Endings
| -iera | -iéramos |
-ieras |
-ierais |
-iera |
-ieran |
Basically, here I’ll give you the base of the conjugation and you can easily figure out the rest.
caer |
cayera |
|
poder |
pudiera |
conducir |
condujera |
|
poner |
pusiera |
conseguir |
consiguiera |
|
preferir |
prefiriera |
creer |
creyera |
|
producer |
produjera |
dar |
diera |
|
querer |
quisiera |
decir |
dijera |
|
reír |
riera |
dormir |
durmiera |
|
repetir |
repitiera |
destruir |
destruyera |
|
requerir |
requiriera |
estar |
estuviera |
|
saber |
supiera |
haber |
hubiera |
|
seguir |
siguiera |
hacer |
hiciera |
|
sentir |
sintiera |
incluir |
incluyera |
|
server |
sirviera |
ir |
fuera |
|
ser |
fuera |
leer |
leyera |
|
tener |
tuviera |
morir |
muriera |
|
traducir |
tradujera |
oír |
oyera |
|
traer |
trajera |
pedir |
pidiera |
|
venir |
viniera |
Review
| caer | cayera |
conducir |
condujera |
repetir |
repitiera |
requerir |
requiriera |
saber |
supiera |
seguir |
siguiera |
dormir |
durmiera |
server |
sirviera |
ser |
fuera |
morir |
muriera |
oír |
oyera |
pedir |
pidiera |
poder |
pudiera |
leer |
leyera |
tener |
tuviera |
hacer |
hiciera |
incluir |
incluyera |
ir |
fuera |
poner |
pusiera |
haber |
hubiera |
traducir |
tradujera |
traer |
trajera |
venir |
viniera |
conseguir |
consiguiera |
creer |
creyera |
dar |
diera |
decir |
dijera |
sentir |
sintiera |
destruir |
destruyera |
estar |
estuviera |
preferir |
prefiriera |
producer |
produjera |
querer |
quisiera |
reír |
riera |
Review
| if we asked | si pidieramos |
we wanted them to repeat |
Queríamos que repitieran |
if you all were (estar) |
si estuvieran |
We liked you (Sra. Aguilera) to follow |
nos gustaba que seguiera |
if you all got/obtained |
si consiguieran |
it was important for you (Sr. Guzmán) to know |
era importante que supiera |
if we fell |
si cayeramos |
I needed him to drive |
necesitaba que condujera |
if they repeated |
si repitieran |
They preferred her to have |
prefieron que tuviera |
you (Ariana) told me to follow |
me dijiste que siguiera |
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