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Rozzie
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06 August 2015 at 7:27pm | IP Logged 
Hi,

Today as I was studying Spanish I came across two Spanish words that were in Subjunctive form. My
question is that I have never come across subjunctive before so how do I study them or use them I guess is a
better word. I was studying my Berlitz Basic Spanish book Unit 1. I was very surprised to come across two
subjunctive this early in the book.

Any advice?
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ScottScheule
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06 August 2015 at 8:12pm | IP Logged 
I'm sure it's covered later in the series. Don't worry much about it until you get to that section.
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Rozzie
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Thank you
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James29
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07 August 2015 at 2:27am | IP Logged 
Often times it is just because it is difficult to give a lot of different examples or write a text without the subjunctive. Both the Assimil course and the FSI course use the subjunctive in some of the very early lessons. I still remember thinking Assimil had a lot of spelling mistakes when I started using it (later realizing it was the subjunctive). Just go with it and be happy you realize they are using the subjunctive and not just making spelling mistakes :)
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Rozzie
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Thanks 😀
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07 August 2015 at 2:39pm | IP Logged 
I recommend getting as well other sources. Grammar books like Gramatica de Uso dedicate several pages to subjunctivo, to various uses and formation.

And a lot will get clear once you progress enough to start using some authentic input, subjunctivo is everywhere, you will get used to it fast :-)
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Thanks very much


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