Spanish Sentences - Spanish Conditional  

Theory
We have seen in class that there are two different patterns used in English to express "feeling" sentences. Look at these examples:
    I hope that John studies.
    I want John to study.

Notice that some verbs in English use one pattern ("to do") and others use the other ("that"). In Spanish, all "feeling" sentences which express the idea that one person cares what someone else does follow the pattern of "hope that" which we use in English. We only use the "R" pattern ("to do") in Spanish when the same person wants to do something himself.

The other thing that we want to remember is that the vowel in the middle of the verb will change to the "opposite" vowel when we have a "feeling" sentence. In other words, verbs of the "A" category will shift to "e" and verbs of the "E" category (or "I" category which work like "E" verbs), will shift to "a". Look at the following charts.

"A" Verbs FACT FEELING
A E

"E" Verbs FACT FEELING
E A

Examples
Now, let's practice following this pattern by doing some sentence building.
I have to study the words.
Yo tengo que estudiar las palabras.
The teacher wants me to study the words.
El profesor quiere que yo estudie las palabras.
You have to study the words.
Tú tienes que estudiar las palabras.
The teacher wants you to study the words.
El profesor quiere que tú estudies las palabras.
Mary has to study the words.
María tiene que estudiar las palabras.
The teacher wants Mary to study the words.
El profesor quiere que María estudie las palabras.
We have to study the words.
Nosotros tenemos que estudiar las palabras.
The teacher wants us to study the words.
El profesor quiere que nosotros estudiemos las palabras.
The boys have to study the words.
Los muchachos tienen que estudiar las palabras.
The teacher wants the boys to study the words.
El profesor quiere que los muchachos estudien las palabras.
I have to learn the words.
Yo tengo que aprender las palabras.
The teacher wants me to learn the words.
El profesor quiere que yo aprenda las palabras.
You have to learn the words.
Tú tienes que aprender las palabras.
The teacher wants you to learn the words.
El profesor quiere que tú aprendas las palabras.
John has to learn the words.
Juan tiene que aprender las palabras.
The teacher wants John to learn the words.
El profesor quiere que Juan aprenda las palabras.
We have to learn the words.
Nosotros tenemos que aprender las palabras.
The teacher wants us to learn the words.
El profesor quiere que nosotros aprendamos las palabras.
The girls have to learn the words.
Las muchachas tienen que aprender las palabras.
The teacher wants the girls to learn the words.
El profesor quiere que las muchachas aprendan las palabras.
I have to go to the library.
Yo tengo que ir a la biblioteca.
Theory
For ordinary verbs, we just switch the "a" to "e" or vice versa. There are some irregular verbs, however, that have "feeling" forms which don't follow the normal pattern. We just have to memorize these forms. Here is the chart for the verb "ir" which means "to go".

IR FACT FEELING

voy
vas
va
vamos
van

vaya
vayas
vaya
vayamos
vayan

Examples
The teacher wants me to go to the library.
El profesor quiere que yo vaya a la biblioteca.
You have to go to the library.
Tú tienes que ir a la biblioteca.
The teacher wants you to go to the library.
El profesor quiere que tú vayas a la biblioteca.
Mary has to go to the library.
María tiene que ir a la biblioteca.
The teacher wants Mary to go to the library.
El profesor quiere que María vaya a la biblioteca.
We have to go to the library.
Nosotros tenemos que ir a la biblioteca.
The teacher wants us to go to the library.
El profesor quiere que nosotros vayamos a la biblioteca.
The boys have to go to the library.
Los muchachos tienen que ir a la biblioteca.
The teacher wants the boys to go to the library.
El profesor quiere que los muchachos vayan a la biblioteca.
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