Portuguese Present Subjunctive.

Mind the expressions that require its use.

Olá

Today we are going to learn how to form and use the Portuguese Present subjunctive - o Presente do Conjuntivo (a.k.a) o Presente do Subjuntivo.

In order for you to learn the subjunctive in Portuguese you need to have a general understanding of the other verbal tenses.

You do? Great! So you understand and speak Portuguese already. Congratulations!

Although it's important, the Present Subjunctive is not necessary for you to be understood by native speakers.

However, be aware that they will use it every time they speak to you.

Check this presentation out by clicking on the image . It's all in Portuguese.

Other expressions that require you to use the subjunctive are:

Some are similar to the expressions you use with the personal infinitive but this time followed by "que":

• É possível que... (It's possible that...)
• É preciso que... (It's necessary that...)
• É necessário que... (It's necessary that...)
• É bom que... (It's good that...)
• É mau que... (It's bad that...)
• É provável que... (It's likely that... / It's probable that...)
• É impossível que... (It's impossible (to believe) that...)
• É suciciente que... (It's sufice that...)

Other frequently used expressions are:

• ...a menos que... (unless)
• ...antes (de) que … (...before...)
• ...assim que... (...as soon as...)
• ...até que… (...until... (in the future))
• ...con tal que... (...provided that...)
• ...desde que... (...provided that... (another way of saying it))
• ...depois (de) que... (...after... (in the future))
• Duvidar que... (to doubt that...)
• embora... (although...)
• enquanto... (for as long as... (in the future))
• esperar que... (to hope / to expect / to wish that...)
• ficar contente que... (to be happy that...)
• insistir em que... (to insist that...)
• lamentar que... (to regret that...)
• mais vale que... (it's better that...)
• não acreditar que... (not to believe that...)
• negar que... (to deny that...)
• oxalá... (hopefully...)
• para que... (in order that...)
• pedir que... (to ask that...)
• preferir que... (to prefer that...)
• quando... (when … (in the future))
• recomendar que... (to recommend that...)
• sugerir que... (to suggest that...)
• talvez... (maybe... / perhaps...)

You see, these expressions are uttered all the time by any Portuguese-speaker.

It might be a good exercise for you to pick a few of these expressions above and with the help of this free verb table with the Present Subjunctive tense try to build some sentences.

You should write as many sentences as you can, so that your brain will accommodate this new structure in its automatic mechanisms - your subconscious mind.

Espero que goste! ;-)

Rafael

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