Unit 3, Lesson 2 Vocabulary Discussing obligations and responsibilities Presenting and supporting opinions
Social awareness El ciudadano (f) La ciudadana The citizen
Social awareness El compromiso The commitment
Social awareness La conciencia social Social awareness
To take charge of; To make oneself responsible for Social awareness Encargarse de To take charge of; To make oneself responsible for
Social awareness La irresponsabilidad Irresponsibility
Social awareness Penalizar To penalize
Social awareness La política Politics
Social awareness El principio The principle
Social awareness Respetar To respect
Social awareness Satisfacer To satisfy
Social awareness La sociedad Society
Social awareness La unidad Unity
Inventions Comercializar To market
Inventions Invertir To invest Present Tense: e ie in every form except nosotros Preterite Tense: e i in él/ella/usted & ellos/ellas/ustedes
Inventions Novedoso (a) Novel; Original
Inventions La patente Patent
Inventions El producto Product
Mistakes and Persistence Advertir To warn Present Tense: e ie in every form except nosotros
Mistakes and Persistence Cometer To make (a mistake)
Mistakes and Persistence Emprender To undertake
Mistakes and Persistence El error Mistake; error
Mistakes and Persistence Insistir To insist
Mistakes and Persistence Luchar To struggle; to fight
Mistakes and Persistence Persistir To persist
Mistakes and Persistence Progresar To progress
Mistakes and Persistence Prosperar To prosper
Mistakes and Persistence Seguir adelante To continue on; to carry on
Mistakes and Persistence Solucionar To solve
Mistakes and Persistence Superar To overcome
Mistakes and Persistence La advertencia Warning
Mistakes and Persistence El fracaso Failure
Mistakes and Persistence La mejora Improvement
Mistakes and Persistence El obstáculo Obstacle
Mistakes and Persistence El sufrimiento Suffering
Presenting and Supporting an Opinion Criticar To criticize
Presenting and Supporting an Opinion Es imprescindible que… It’s imperative that…
Presenting and Supporting an Opinion Es raro que… It’s strange that…
Presenting and Supporting an Opinion Evaluar To evaluate
Presenting and Supporting an Opinion Por un lado… Por el otro lado… On one hand… On the other hand…
The Present Subjunctive Used when showing uncertainty that something will happen
The Subjunctive & Impersonal Expressions Es importante que… = It’s important that… Es bueno que… = It’s good that… Es malo que… = It’s bad that… Es necesario que… = It’s necessary that… Es mejor que… = It’s better that… Es raro que… = It’s strange that… Es imprescindible que… = It’s imperative that… Es lamentable que… = It’s unfortunate that… Es buena idea que… = It’s a good idea that… Es una lástima que… = It’s a shame that… Es increíble que… = It’s incredible that… Es triste que… = It’s sad that… Es imposible que… = It’s impossible that...
The Subjunctive with Impersonal Expressions Fact: (present tense) Saco una buena nota en el examen. I get/am getting a good grade on the test. Uncertainty: (subjunctive) Es importante que saque una buena nota en el examen. It’s important that I get a good grade on the test. *Subjunctive yo form of sacar Subjunctive tense is used here because, although, “it’s important to get the good grade” it MAY or MAY NOT happen. Thus, demonstrating uncertainty. *When translating subjunctive into English, we use present tense*
Forming the Subjunctive We form the present subjunctive the same way we form usted commands.
Forming the Subjunctive Yo form Drop the –o Add correct opposite endings -ar e -er/-ir a
Forming the Subjunctive For -ar verbs: e emos es en
HABLAR = to talk hable hables hablemos hablen
Forming the Subjunctive For –er/-ir verbs: a amos as an
COMER = to eat coma comas comamos coman
VIVIR = to live viva vivas vivamos vivan
Complete the following sentences with the correct subjunctive form of each verb. Translate sentences into English. Es importante que ustedes ____________ las bolsas de plástico. (reciclar) Es malo que la gente ____________ basura. (tirar) Es raro que tú ____________ errores. (cometer) Es imprescindible que nosotros ____________. (persistir) Es necesario que yo ____________ este problema. (solucionar)
Irregular Subjunctive Verbs: -go Verbs As in usted commands, verbs that are irregular in the present-tense yo form (-go) also have a “g” in the present subjunctive.
Irregular Subjunctive Verbs: -go Verbs Decir dig- Hacer hag- Poner pong- Salir salg- Tener teng- Venir veng- Traer traig- Conseguir consig- Seguir sig- YOU STILL MUST ADD CORRECT ENDINGS!
HACER = to do/make haga hagas hagamos hagan
TENER = to have tenga tengas tengamos tengan
Subjunctive & -ar/-er Stem-change Verbs Stem-changing –ar and –er verbs in the present tense also change in the subjunctive. EVERY FORM EXCEPT NOSOTROS!!!
PENSAR (e ie) = to think piense pienses *pensemos piensen
QUERER (e ie) = to want *queramos quieran quiera quieras
Irregular Subjunctive Verbs -car, -gar, -zar verbs -car -qu -gar -gu -zar -c YOU STILL MUST ADD CORRECT ENDINGS!
CRITICAR (qu) = to criticize critique critiques critiquemos critiquen
INVESTIGAR (gu) = to investigate llegue llegues lleguemos lleguen
**JUGAR (gu) = to play** *uue in every form EXCEPT nts.* juegue juegues *juguemos jueguen
REUTILIZAR (c) = to reuse reutilice reutilices reutilicemos reutilicen
**EMPEZAR (c) = to start** *eie in every form EXCEPT nts.* empiece empieces *empecemos empiecen
Irregular Subjunctive Verbs: OTHER SPELL CHANGES Proteger protej- Extinguir exting- YOU STILL MUST ADD CORRECT ENDINGS!
PROTEGER (j) = to protect proteja protejas protejamos protejan
EXTINGUIRSE (g) = to become extinct Me extinga Te extingas Se extinga Nos extingamos Se extingan
Irregular Subjunctive Verbs: Dar – to give Estar – to be Ir – to go Saber – to know Ser – to be
DAR = to give dé des demos den
ESTAR – to be esté estés estemos estén
IR = to go vaya vayas vayamos vayan
SABER = to know sepa sepas sepamos sepan
SER = to be sea seas seamos sean
Irregular Subjunctive Verbs: -ir, ei stem-change verbs Verbs ending in –ir with an ei stem-change occur in ALL FORMS, INCLUDING nosotros
PEDIR (e i) – to ask for/order (e i *including nts.*) pida pidas *pidamos pidan
SERVIR (e i) – to serve (e i *including nts.*) sirva sirvas *sirvamos sirvan
Irregular Subjunctive Verbs: -ir, eie stem-change verbs Verbs ending in –ir with an eie stem-change occur in ALL FORMS, BUT ei in the nosotros form
PREFERIR (e ie / *nts: e i) to prefer prefiera prefieras * prefiramos prefieran
Irregular Subjunctive Verbs: -ir, oue stem-change verbs Verbs ending in –ir with an oue stem-change occur in ALL FORMS, BUT ou in the nosotros form
DORMIR (o ue / *nts: o u) to sleep * durmamos duerman duerma duermas