About this episode

This episode explores how everyday Spanish phrases reveal the workings of the subjunctive mood, particularly its connection to emotion.

Free "Real Spanish Fluency Roadmap" PDF when you join our newsletter: https://www.notesinspanish.com/op/fluency-report-yt/ Welcome to Real Subjunctive Wins — two quick lessons showing everyday Spanish phrases that reveal how the subjunctive really works. In this first video we look at two expressions Spanish speakers use all the time, simple phrases that reveal one of the key ideas behind the Spanish subjunctive, how emotion is involved! Ben & Marina – Notes in Spanish • Teaching real Spanish online since 2006 • 40+ million podcast, audio & video downloads • 25,000+ students learning with our courses

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Hosts: Ben Curtis, Marina Diez

Topics covered

• Spanish subjunctive
• language learning
• emotion in language
• everyday phrases
• Spanish expressions

Keywords

• Spanish subjunctive
• language learning
• emotion
• everyday phrases
• Spanish expressions

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