Do Spanish speakers actually use subjunctive?

Absolutely not. The subjunctive mood is key in Spanish and it works both on a grammatical and a semantic level. Sometimes its use is necessary just because a given verb requires it (grammatical level), and sometimes its use will change the meaning of the sentence (semantic level).

Is Que always followed by the subjunctive?

We always danced for her… so that the harvest was good. Because the subjunctive often occurs in subordinate clauses, the subordinating conjunction que is usually found before the the subjunctive forms….Conjunctions with Subjunctive.

para que	so that
ojalá	hopefully
tal vez	maybe

Why is the Spanish subjunctive so hard?

So, within the subjunctive mood, you have a few different verb tenses. But there are far fewer verb tenses within the subjunctive than there are within the indicative (the indicative is the mood that most verb tenses fall under, such as “yo hablo” and “tú hablabas” etc.), so that should give you some peace of mind!

Why do Spanish speakers use the subjunctive?

Subjunctive is used in Spanish for desires, suggestions, propositions, wishes, regrets and any other thing not happening in the real world.

Is Spanish subjunctive necessary?

1. There Is Not an Imperative Form for Every Grammatical Person in Spanish. You may know already that the imperative negative uses the subjunctive forms (look at the last example above). This is due to the fact that, in actuality, you are using the subjunctive for orders and commands.

Is Es bueno a subjunctive trigger?

Let’s look at some of the impersonal expressions that trigger subjunctive first….Examples of Impersonal Expressions.

Spanish	English
Es bueno/malo que	It is good/bad that
Es dudoso que	It is doubtful that
Es importante que	It is important that
Es imposible/posible que	It is impossible/possible that