what is the subjunctive mood well to
talk about the subjunctive mood first we
need to know what the indicative mood is
what’s the indicative mood the
indicative mood talks about real things
facts real life normal things for
example I am Ally I live in London
yesterday I ate ice cream so when I talk
about facts real things the verbs don’t
change nothing strange happens to them
and when nothing strange happens to the
verbs and we’re talking about real life
real facts that is what we call the
indicative mood it is what it is it’s
real life well done you just learn the
indicative mood and what’s the opposite
of real not real imaginary things right
and that is when we use the subjunctive
mood when we’re talking about things
which are not real so for example wishes
dreams hypothetical situations anything
contrary opposite to fact things that
aren’t real maybe you’re wishing for
something that hasn’t happened yet or
something which isn’t true also for that
clauses so verbs which state beliefs
opinions possibilities probabilities
commands all those lovely creamy types
of sentences and for example you look
sleepy I suggest that you be asleep
before 10 o’clock notice that she said I
suggest that you be asleep before 10
o’clock not I suggest that you are
asleep why well this is another example
of the subjunctive mood that verb
suggests has that that Clause we use the
verb be and it doesn’t change I suggest
that you be he suggests that I be what
English is ridiculous aha so if I say I
believe that God not be real where I
believe God be real that would be the
correct way to say it right I mean it’s
a belief right right well this is an
example of how the English language
changes over time the subjunctive mood
it’s kind of dying it’s not very common
anymore the subjunctive mood isn’t super
common these days so if you said
something like I believe God not be real
that would sound kind of old-fashioned
instead today you would
I believe God isn’t real that would
sound more common why well it’s that
indicative mood we learned earlier the
subjunctive mood is slowly being
replaced by that indicative mood why
because it’s easy and we don’t need to
change verbs in strange ways however in
that example we heard I suggest that you
be asleep before 10 o’clock yeah you’d
probably still hear that from parents
why is that okay in this one not why
because English
that’s why how do other verbs other than
B work with that clauses super easy just
use the infinitive without to easy it’s
necessary that no one go outside during
the zombie attack also for official
motion statements orders for example the
President stated that everyone be inside
their house during the zombie attack
that example think of it this way if
after everyone it said must be we know
it’s an order right so with an official
order command statement motion then we
use that subjunctive mood again these
days subjunctive mood it’s not super
common in fact we only really see it
when we’re talking about things which
are not real things which are imaginary
so in sentences like I wish if only as
if if you’re using that second
conditional to talk about an imaginary
present situation you should use that
subjunctive mood and if you’re using the
verb be after a pronoun it should be
were for all pronouns yes even he/she/it
and i indicative mood if I was
subjunctive mood if I were why because
English for example if I were or more
formally were I in the walking dead I
would be friends with Eugene now I am
neither in Walking Dead or friends with
Eugene this situation is completely
untrue
unfortunately Eugene is awesome but
because it’s completely untrue that’s
why we use the subjunctive mood and
again just remember if I were if he she
it were all pronouns if were so we’ve
all had the very common sentence if I
was you I wouldn’t do that
shouldn’t it be if I were you I wouldn’t
do that well now you know the answer if
I were you that’s the subjunctive mood
and that’s correct because it’s not a
real situation however like I said
before English changes so damn fast
that many many people say if I was you
and if I was is becoming the normal way
to use it even though the subjunctive
mood is more correct but yeah if I was
you’ll hear it a lot and if you say it
no one will kill you how do we use
subjunctive mood with wishes I wish you
were here I wish he were not here these
are all present situations which are not
real again the same rule applies we use
the verb were when we need be
just know that wish would that’s wishing
for a future situation oh I wish the
world would recover from this aam be
attack let’s contrast it with hope hope
we use for things which might be real
it’s possible it could happen for
example and sunny tomorrow could happen
so I’ll use hope not wish so I would say
I hope it is sunny tomorrow hope with a
present verb wish however that is for
things which are not true cannot be true
they’re impossible so it takes the
subjunctive mood I hope you subscribe
and I wish you were here having a big
party you understood everything awesome
ok click here to watch a video where we
use the subjunctive mood in many many
different examples so click here to
watch that and click here to subscribe
see you in the next class
you
talk about the subjunctive mood first we
need to know what the indicative mood is
what’s the indicative mood the
indicative mood talks about real things
facts real life normal things for
example I am Ally I live in London
yesterday I ate ice cream so when I talk
about facts real things the verbs don’t
change nothing strange happens to them
and when nothing strange happens to the
verbs and we’re talking about real life
real facts that is what we call the
indicative mood it is what it is it’s
real life well done you just learn the
indicative mood and what’s the opposite
of real not real imaginary things right
and that is when we use the subjunctive
mood when we’re talking about things
which are not real so for example wishes
dreams hypothetical situations anything
contrary opposite to fact things that
aren’t real maybe you’re wishing for
something that hasn’t happened yet or
something which isn’t true also for that
clauses so verbs which state beliefs
opinions possibilities probabilities
commands all those lovely creamy types
of sentences and for example you look
sleepy I suggest that you be asleep
before 10 o’clock notice that she said I
suggest that you be asleep before 10
o’clock not I suggest that you are
asleep why well this is another example
of the subjunctive mood that verb
suggests has that that Clause we use the
verb be and it doesn’t change I suggest
that you be he suggests that I be what
English is ridiculous aha so if I say I
believe that God not be real where I
believe God be real that would be the
correct way to say it right I mean it’s
a belief right right well this is an
example of how the English language
changes over time the subjunctive mood
it’s kind of dying it’s not very common
anymore the subjunctive mood isn’t super
common these days so if you said
something like I believe God not be real
that would sound kind of old-fashioned
instead today you would
I believe God isn’t real that would
sound more common why well it’s that
indicative mood we learned earlier the
subjunctive mood is slowly being
replaced by that indicative mood why
because it’s easy and we don’t need to
change verbs in strange ways however in
that example we heard I suggest that you
be asleep before 10 o’clock yeah you’d
probably still hear that from parents
why is that okay in this one not why
because English
that’s why how do other verbs other than
B work with that clauses super easy just
use the infinitive without to easy it’s
necessary that no one go outside during
the zombie attack also for official
motion statements orders for example the
President stated that everyone be inside
their house during the zombie attack
that example think of it this way if
after everyone it said must be we know
it’s an order right so with an official
order command statement motion then we
use that subjunctive mood again these
days subjunctive mood it’s not super
common in fact we only really see it
when we’re talking about things which
are not real things which are imaginary
so in sentences like I wish if only as
if if you’re using that second
conditional to talk about an imaginary
present situation you should use that
subjunctive mood and if you’re using the
verb be after a pronoun it should be
were for all pronouns yes even he/she/it
and i indicative mood if I was
subjunctive mood if I were why because
English for example if I were or more
formally were I in the walking dead I
would be friends with Eugene now I am
neither in Walking Dead or friends with
Eugene this situation is completely
untrue
unfortunately Eugene is awesome but
because it’s completely untrue that’s
why we use the subjunctive mood and
again just remember if I were if he she
it were all pronouns if were so we’ve
all had the very common sentence if I
was you I wouldn’t do that
shouldn’t it be if I were you I wouldn’t
do that well now you know the answer if
I were you that’s the subjunctive mood
and that’s correct because it’s not a
real situation however like I said
before English changes so damn fast
that many many people say if I was you
and if I was is becoming the normal way
to use it even though the subjunctive
mood is more correct but yeah if I was
you’ll hear it a lot and if you say it
no one will kill you how do we use
subjunctive mood with wishes I wish you
were here I wish he were not here these
are all present situations which are not
real again the same rule applies we use
the verb were when we need be
just know that wish would that’s wishing
for a future situation oh I wish the
world would recover from this aam be
attack let’s contrast it with hope hope
we use for things which might be real
it’s possible it could happen for
example and sunny tomorrow could happen
so I’ll use hope not wish so I would say
I hope it is sunny tomorrow hope with a
present verb wish however that is for
things which are not true cannot be true
they’re impossible so it takes the
subjunctive mood I hope you subscribe
and I wish you were here having a big
party you understood everything awesome
ok click here to watch a video where we
use the subjunctive mood in many many
different examples so click here to
watch that and click here to subscribe
see you in the next class
you
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