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Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 8 El Presente de Subjuntivo with Indefinite Pronouns and Adjectives Posted by on Oct 15, 2013 in Learning, Spanish Grammar, Spanish Vocabulary, Videos

¡Hola a todos!

Hoy vamos a practicar el Presente de Subjuntivo con frases que incluyen pronombres o adjetivos indefinidos. Today we are going to practice the Spanish Subjunctive Present tense with sentences that include indefinite pronouns or indefinite adjectives.

Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post to watch the original theory video lesson on the same topic.

To go back and watch the original video lesson please follow this link:

Intermediate theory video lesson 8

1. First let´s review Spanish indefinite pronouns and adjectives. I will say them in Spanish and I would like you to tell me what they mean in English:

Alguien
Ningún
Nada
Alguna
Nadie
Ninguna
Algo
Algún

2. Next, let´s make some questions using El Presente de Subjuntivo. Please, translate the following questions from English to Spanish, using El Presente de Subjuntivo when necessary:

Is there anybody here who has a car?
Is there anything to do?
Is there any book which has photos?

3. Let´s practice now some questions with the Spanish verbs “Saber”, “Conocer” and “Tener”. Please translate the following sentences from Spanish to English:

¿Sabes si hay alguien que hable francés aquí?
¿Conoces algún cantante que cante en español?
¿Tienes hermanos que se parezcan a ti?

Now from English to Spanish:

Have you got any book that is interesting?
Do you know anybody who comes here every week?
Do you know if there are people who want to practice Spanish here?

4. Now we will practice some negative sentences. I would like you to make some sentences in Spanish starting “No hay nadie que…” (There is nobody who…) I will say some second parts of the sentence with the verb in infinitive and you have to say the whole sentence changing the verb to El Presente de Subjuntivo. For example, if I say “querer hablar conmigo”. You should say “No hay nadie que quiera hablar conmigo”:

Hablar chino
Comer verduras
Estudiar español
Vivir en un ático
Bailar flamenco

5. Let´s do the same now with sentences starting with “Hay poco/poca…” You also will have to add a person or thing after poco or poca. For example, if I say “hablar español aquí” you could say “Hay pocas personas que hablen español aquí” or “Hay poca gente que hable español aquí” or “Hay pocos ingleses que hablen español aquí”. There are multiple options:

Escuchar a mí
Gustar el frío
Beber agua caliente
Ganar mucho dinero
Correr muy rápido

Esto es todo por hoy.

I hope you have enjoyed this practice lesson and that you are understanding, little by little, the finer details of using El Presente de Subjuntivo. Keep reviewing all the lessons in this course about the different uses of this tense, as there are many, and it takes a while for everything to properly sink in.

Have a great week y hasta la próxima semana!

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Answers:

1.
Alguien – Someone
Ningún – Any (in negative sentences)
Nada – Nothing
Alguna – Some/any
Nadie – No one
Ninguna – Any (in negative sentences)
Algo – Something
Algún – Some/any

2.
¿Hay alguien aquí que tenga un coche?
¿Hay algo que hacer?
¿Hay algún libro que tenga fotos?

3.
Do you know if there is anybody who speaks French here?
Do you know any singer who sings in Spanish?
Have you got any brothers or sisters who look like you?
¿Tienes algún libro que sea interesante?
¿Conoces a alguien que venga aquí todas las semanas?
¿Sabes si hay gente que quiera practicar español aquí?

4.
No hay nadie que hable chino
No hay nadie que coma verduras
No hay nadie que estudie español
No hay nadie que viva en un ático
No hay nadie que baile flamenco

5.
(Possible answers)
Hay poca gente que me escuche
Hay pocos españoles a los que les guste el frío
Hay pocos niños que beban agua caliente
Hay pocos jóvenes que ganen mucho dinero
Hay pocas tortugas que corran muy rápido

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Laura & Adam have been blogging and creating online Spanish courses for Transparent Language since 2010. Laura is from Bilbao in northern Spain and Adam is from Devon in the south of England. They lived together in Spain for over 10 years, where their 2 daughters were born, and now they live in Scotland. Both Laura & Adam qualified as foreign language teachers in 2004 and since have been teaching Spanish in Spain, the UK, and online.