In the other thread, someone asked about 'il congiuntivo' and wanted some help so i thought i better fulfil my role as a moderator and help! So here goes!!
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The congiuntivo, or subjunctive mood is used to express opinion, uncertainty, possibility, personal feeling rather than facts. It conveys the point of view of the speaker in a way which is no forceful, but leaves the options open for other points of view.
The subjunctive is often used in clauses that depend from a verb which conveys these feelings and idea such as
credere
pensare
immaginare
sperare
volere
Usually these verbs are followed by che, which introduces the dependent clause (A dependent clause is a clause that cannot stand alone, that doesn't have a complete meanig on its own)
Here are some examples using the subjunctive
Penso che sia bello visitare altri paese
I think it is interesting to visit other countries
Penso che la vita in Australia sia pi tranquila che in Italia
I think that life in Australia is quieter than life in italy
Penso che la cosa pi bella sia entrare nell'atteggiamento
I think that the best thing might be to take on the attitude
Mi sembra che ci sia anche un proverbio...
I think there might be a proverb...
Credo che Roma abbiaun fascino speciale la notte
I think that Rome might have a special appeal at night
Non credo che si possa fumare
I don't think that one might be allowed to smoke
Non credo che si possa andare in treno
I don't think that one could go by train
Non mi pare che si possa ascoltare la radio
I don't think that one might listen to the radio
here are the sunjunctive forms of essere and avere:
essere:
io - sia
tu - sia
lui/lei/Lei - sia
noi - siamo
voi - siate
loro - siano
avere:
io - abbia
tu - abbia
lui/lei/Lei - abbia
noi - abbiamo
voi - abbiate
loro - abbiano
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Here is a website that probably makes more sense than i do!
http://www.aaresoft.com/italian/italian56.htm
and another:
http://www.abavagada.net/cgi-bin/vocalist.cgi?language=italiang&wordlist=The Subjunctive Mood
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Thats all for now... If you have any questions or more to add please post and also if there is some other grammar thing that you would like me to do something like this with, please ask because it forces me to dig up all my italian work and relearn things which i need to do before uni starts!
Ciao!
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The congiuntivo, or subjunctive mood is used to express opinion, uncertainty, possibility, personal feeling rather than facts. It conveys the point of view of the speaker in a way which is no forceful, but leaves the options open for other points of view.
The subjunctive is often used in clauses that depend from a verb which conveys these feelings and idea such as
credere
pensare
immaginare
sperare
volere
Usually these verbs are followed by che, which introduces the dependent clause (A dependent clause is a clause that cannot stand alone, that doesn't have a complete meanig on its own)
Here are some examples using the subjunctive
Penso che sia bello visitare altri paese
I think it is interesting to visit other countries
Penso che la vita in Australia sia pi tranquila che in Italia
I think that life in Australia is quieter than life in italy
Penso che la cosa pi bella sia entrare nell'atteggiamento
I think that the best thing might be to take on the attitude
Mi sembra che ci sia anche un proverbio...
I think there might be a proverb...
Credo che Roma abbiaun fascino speciale la notte
I think that Rome might have a special appeal at night
Non credo che si possa fumare
I don't think that one might be allowed to smoke
Non credo che si possa andare in treno
I don't think that one could go by train
Non mi pare che si possa ascoltare la radio
I don't think that one might listen to the radio
here are the sunjunctive forms of essere and avere:
essere:
io - sia
tu - sia
lui/lei/Lei - sia
noi - siamo
voi - siate
loro - siano
avere:
io - abbia
tu - abbia
lui/lei/Lei - abbia
noi - abbiamo
voi - abbiate
loro - abbiano
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Here is a website that probably makes more sense than i do!
http://www.aaresoft.com/italian/italian56.htm
and another:
http://www.abavagada.net/cgi-bin/vocalist.cgi?language=italiang&wordlist=The Subjunctive Mood
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Thats all for now... If you have any questions or more to add please post and also if there is some other grammar thing that you would like me to do something like this with, please ask because it forces me to dig up all my italian work and relearn things which i need to do before uni starts!
Ciao!
