In Spanish, besides tenses like present and past, there are also 'moods'. You're familiar with the indicative mood, used for facts and reality. This deck introduces the present subjunctive mood, which is used for things like wishes, doubts, and emotions. We won't cover when to use it here, just how to build the verb forms.

The rule for forming the present subjunctive is simple for most verbs. First, take the 'yo' form of the verb in the present indicative. Second, drop the final 'O'. Third, add the 'opposite' endings. For A R verbs, you'll add E R endings. For E R and I R verbs, you'll add A R endings.

Let's try this with a regular A R verb like 'hablar', which means 'to speak'. The 'yo' form is 'hablo'. Drop the 'O' to get the stem 'habl'. Now, add the E R endings: 'hable', 'hables', 'hable', 'hablemos', 'habléis', 'hablen'.