Interview Qs

• How can the use of the subjunctive change the meaning in Spanish?

  • In Spanish, the subjunctive can often make the possibility of an event occurring much weaker - implicit meaning between present v subjunctive
• When is the subjunctive used?

  Wish/Desire, Set phrases, Commands/Orders/Allowing/Encouraging

  • Negative main clause (Uncertainty + denial)
  • Change of person between main and subordinate clause
  • When an subject/object is non-living
  • Emotional reactions AND value judgements
  • Aim/Purpose
  • Emphasis/Still in the future
• What does porque + subjunctive mean?

  just because/only because