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Subjunctive Mood

The Subjunctive mood expresses doubt, uncertainty, hope, fear, possibility, opinions, etc. and is used much more frequently in Italian.  It is mainly used in dependent clauses (sentences introduced by a conjunction that do not have a complete meaning) that are introduced by che.

The present subjunctive of regular verbs is formed by dropping the normal endings, and adding these new endings:

-are -ere 1st -ire 2nd -ire
-i
-i
-i
-iamo
-iate
-ino
-a
-a
-a
-iamo
-iate
-ano
-a
-a
-a
-iamo
-iate
-ano
-isca
-isca
-isca
-iamo
-iate
-iscano

Verbs ending in -care and -gare add an h before all endings of the present subjunctive.  Verbs ending in -ciare and -giare drop the i from their stems.

Many common verbs have irregular present subjunctive forms:

avere essere andare bere dare dire
abbia
abbia
abbia
abbiamo
abbiate
abbiano
sia
sia
sia
siamo
siate
siano
vada
vada
vada
andiamo
andiate
vadano
beva
beva
beva
beviamo
beviate
bevano
dia
dia
dia
diamo
diate
diano
dica
dica
dica
diciamo
diciate
dicano

dovere fare potere sapere
debba
debba
debba
dobbiamo
dobbiate
debbano
faccia
faccia
faccia
facciamo
facciate
facciano
possa
possa
possa
possiamo
possiate
possano
sappia
sappia
sappia
sappiamo
sappiate
sappiano
stare uscire venire volere
stia
stia
stia
stiamo
stiate
stiano
esca
esca
esca
usciamo
usciate
escano
venga
venga
venga
veniamo
veniate
vengano
voglia
voglia
voglia
vogliamo
vogliate
vogliano

The present perfect subjunctive is formed with the present subjunctive of avere or essere and the past participle of the main verb.

 

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