13 trigger phrases for subjunctive

Language master Olly Richards is offering a 30-day course in subjunctive taught through stories. Seems like a perfect way to launch my renewed effort to climb the conversational Spanish mountain ... or at least pry myself away from my tent at base camp.

The course is supposed to take 15 minutes a day. Today is sorta Day 0 since we're covering the groundwork before heading into the story.

First, there was a video on the subjunctive mood and the four tenses of this mood. It was a good review and then we got the thirteen phrases that generally trigger subjunctive.



 

es importante que

dudar que 

es bueno que

es malo que

esperar que

es mejor que

es raro que

es posible que

es necesario que

hasta que

ojalá que

no es cierto que

mientras que

sin que

One of the first lessons I learned on my journey into Spanish is to beware of those little words ... obviously, this is one of those occasions.