
Jillian L. answered 05/02/20
Spanish Tutor
A easy way to think about the present subjunctive tense is that it closely matches the imperative tense (you use this tense to give commands. Ex. "Tenga cuidado"). So an example of the present subjunctive would be "espero que ustedes tengan buen día " (I hope you all have a good day). The loose rule is that if you have an "ar" verb, then you change the a to an e. If there is an "er" or "ir" verb then you change it to an a. There are exceptions to this rule of course, like in the first example I gave. The verb "tener" (to have) has an "er" ending, but it is an irregular verb so it isnt "tena buen día " it chances to "tenga". As for the conjugation, it follows the same pattern. Here I can conjugate the verb bailar (to dance) for you in the present subjunctive.
Yo baile
Tu bailes
El/ella baile
Nosotros bailemos
Vosotros bailéis
Ellos/ellas bailen
Most verbs conjugate following this same pattern however, for the ones that dont, you just need to memorize them. When I was first learning conjugations, spanishdict helped a lot. I think it's a great tool, it will teach you vocabulary, it translates words you might not recognize or know from english to spanish and spanish to english and if you type in a verb the conjugation in every tense and mood.
Hopen that helps! :)