Buenas intenciones: subjunctive after 'para que'
I can use the subjunctive after 'para que' to express purpose or intention.
Buenas intenciones: subjunctive after 'para que'
I can use the subjunctive after 'para que' to express purpose or intention.
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Key learning points
- The subjunctive indicates uncertainty, wishing or possibility, or refers to actions that have not yet happened.
- The conjunction 'para que' translates as 'so that' and is followed by a subjunctive verb.
- Spanish uses the subjunctive after 'para que' even though English uses the indicative after 'so that'.
Keywords
Subjunctive - verb form that indicates actions which are uncertain, wished for, or that have not yet happened; its forms are different from the indicative
Para - preposition meaning 'to', 'for' + noun or 'in order to' + infinitive
Para que - conjunction meaning 'so that', which is followed by a subjunctive verb
Common misconception
We always use 'para que' + subjunctive to express intentions in Spanish.
We only use 'para que' + subjunctive to express intentions when the subject of the 2nd verb in the sentence is different from the first. Where the subject is the same in the whole sentence, express intentions with 'para' + infinitive.
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6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'except'?
Q2.Match the Spanish and English.
owner
gender, genre
October
dog
title
toy
Q3.Match the Spanish and English.
good
big
older, larger, main
dead
broken
silly