Spanish II: Present Subjunctive: Truly Irregular Verbs

Any verb that does not end in - o in the regular (indicative) present tense will be irregular in the present subjunctive because, in these cases, you cannot just take the yo form and drop the o. The five verbs in this category are conjugated in tables 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 .

TABLE 1

Subjunctive Present Tense for Dar (to Give)

Subject	Verb	Subject	Verb
yo	dé	nosotros/nosotras	demos
tú	des	vosotros/vosotras	deis
él	dé	ellos	den
ella	dé	ellas	den
usted	dé	ustedes	den

TABLE 2

Subjunctive Present Tense for Estar (to Be)

Subject	Verb	Subject	Verb
yo	esté	nosotros/nosotras	estemos
tú	estés	vosotros/vosotras	estéis
él	esté	ellos	estén
ella	esté	ellas	estén
usted	esté	ustedes	estén

TABLE 3

Subjunctive Present Tense for Ir (to Go)

Subject	Verb	Subject	Verb
yo	vaya	nosotros/nosotras	vayamos
tú	vayas	vosotros/vosotras	vayáis
él	vaya	ellos	vayan
ella	vaya	ellas	vayan
usted	vaya	ustedes	vayan

TABLE 4

Subjunctive Present Tense for Saber (to Know)

Subject	Verb	Subject	Verb
yo	sepa	nosotros/nosotras	sepamos
tú	sepas	vosotros/vosotras	sepáis
él	sepa	ellos	sepan
ella	sepa	ellas	sepan
usted	sepa	ustedes	sepan

TABLE 5

Subjunctive Present Tense for Ser (to Be)

Subject	Verb	Subject	Verb
yo	sea	nosotros/nosotras	seamos
tú	seas	vosotros/vosotras	seáis
él	sea	ellos	sean
ella	sea	ellas	sean
usted	sea	ustedes	sean

The verb dar (see Table 1 ) has an accent on the forms that look like the preposition de to differentiate the verb forms from the preposition. In addition, the vosotros/vosotras form does not have an accent because it is only one syllable. The verb estar (see Table 2 ) has accents on all forms except the nosotros/nosotras form because of the general rule of accentuation.