Mood: mood
| Values: | Ind | Imp | Sub | Cnd |
Mood is a feature that expresses modality and subclassifies finite verb forms. It is an inflectional feature of auxiliaries and verbs.
Ind: indicative
The indicative can be considered the default mood. A verb in indicative merely states that something happens, has happened or will happen, without adding any attitude of the speaker.
Examples
- Yo hablo español. “I speak Spanish.”
- Ellos comieron pizza. “They ate pizza.”
- Nosotros iremos al cine. “We will go to the movies.”
Imp: imperative
The speaker uses imperative to order or ask the addressee to do the action of the verb.
Examples
- Habla más despacio. “Speak more slowly.”
- Come tu cena. “Eat your dinner.”
- Vayan a casa. “Go home.”
Sub: subjunctive
The subjunctive mood is used to express various states of unreality such as doubt, possibility, necessity, or action that has not yet occurred.
Examples
- Espero que tú hables español. “I hope that you speak Spanish.”
- Dudo que ellos coman pizza. “I doubt that they eat pizza.”
- Es necesario que nosotros vayamos al cine. “It is necessary that we go to the movies.”
Cnd: conditional
Generally, the conditional mood is used to express actions that would have taken place under some circumstances but they actually did not / do not happen.
Examples
- Yo hablaría español si pudiera. “I would speak Spanish if I could.”
- Ellos comerían pizza si tuvieran hambre. “They would eat pizza if they were hungry.”
- Nosotros iríamos al cine si tuviéramos tiempo. “We would go to the movies if we had time.”
Mood in other languages: [ab] [akk] [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [el] [eme] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gd] [gn] [gub] [hbo] [hu] [hy] [it] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [mdf] [myv] [pcm] [ps] [qpm] [qtd] [quc] [ru] [say] [sl] [sv] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [ug] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl]