Help with these sentences???

[ayúdame]

I'm trying to use the imperfect subjunctive form for the verbs in parentheses in these sentences.


Mis amigos me suieron que no llevamos (llevar) más de una maleta.
El guía insistio en que todos llegar (llegar) al aeropuerto temprano.
El botones te recomendó que dejara (dejar) tu llave en la recepción al salir del hotel.
Mis amigos querían que yo les enviamos (enviar) muchas tarjetas postales.
Era incredíble que nosotros tenemos (tener) tantas maletas!
Yo dudaba que tú podras (poder) encontrar un hotel barato con conexión a Internet.

And here, I'm trying to use the conditional form for the verbs in parentheses in these sentences.


Manuel esquiaría (esquiar) todos los días.
Tú y yo iraís (ir) compras.
Ustedes hacían (hacer) una excursión al campo.
Los ninos jugíamos (jugar) con los perros gran pirineos.
Yo salía (salir) a escuchar flamenco y musica local.
Tu asistías (asistir) a las celebraciones de la Festa del Poble.
La senora Irrutia visitía (visitar) los pueblitos cercanos.
Nosotros comíamos (comer) trinxat, un plato regional.


They're probably all wrong, but I need to know the proper conjugations if possible. Thanks! :)

[wrholt]

I'm trying to use the imperfect subjunctive form for the verbs in parentheses in these sentences.


Mis amigos me suieron que no llevamos:bad: (llevar) más de una maleta.
El guía insistio en que todos llegar:bad: (llegar) al aeropuerto temprano.
El botones te recomendó que dejara:bad: (dejar) tu llave en la recepción al salir del hotel.
Mis amigos querían que yo les enviamos:bad: (enviar) muchas tarjetas postales.
Era incredíble que nosotros tenemos:bad: (tener) tantas maletas!
Yo dudaba que tú podras:bad: (poder) encontrar un hotel barato con conexión a Internet.
And here, I'm trying to use the conditional form for the verbs in parentheses in these sentences.


Manuel esquiaría:good: (esquiar) todos los días.
Tú y yo iraís:bad: (ir) compras.
Ustedes hacían:bad: (hacer) una excursión al campo.
Los ninos jugíamos:bad: (jugar) con los perros gran pirineos.
Yo salía:bad:(salir) a escuchar flamenco y musica local.
Tu asistías:bad: (asistir) a las celebraciones de la Festa del Poble.
La senora Irrutia visitía:bad: (visitar) los pueblitos cercanos.
Nosotros comíamos:bad: (comer) trinxat, un plato regional.
They're probably all wrong, but I need to know the proper conjugations if possible. Thanks! :)

You got one right in the second set, and each set also has a valid form but with incorrect agreement. It seems to me that you need to review (or re-learn) the methods for deriving the imperfect subjunctive and the future/conditional forms.

You said that you want to use the imperfect subjunctive in the first set. A simple rule for deriving the imperfect subjunctive (and the one I learned) is:
1. Identify the 3rd-person plural of the preterite tense. This form always ends with either -aron (-ar verbs) or -eron (-er and -ir verbs). For some verbs this stem is irregular.

2.a. For -ar verbs, replace -aron with the appropriate person/number ending from one of the two sets of imperfect subjunctive endings:

1s: -ara or -ase
2s: -aras or -ases
3s: -ara or -ase
1p: -áramos or -ásemos
2p: -arais or -aseis
3p: -aran or -asen

2.b. For -er and -ir verbs, replace -eron with the appropriate person/number ending from one of the two sets of imperfect subjunctive endings:

1s: -era or -ese
2s: -eras or -eses
3s: -era or -ese
1p: -éramos or -ésemos
2p: -erais or -eseis
3p: -eran or -esen

Reviewing the 7 items in exercise #1:
1. "llevamos" is either simple present or preterite. Also, what is the subject supposed to be?
2. "llegar" is the infinitive.
3. "dejara" is a valid imperfect subjunctive form, but it doesn't agree with its subjunct.
4. "enviamos" is either simple present or preterite. Also, what is the subject supposed to be?
5. "tenemos" is present tense. You have the correct subject agreement. However, you still need to be careful because "tener" has an irregular preterite stem.
6. "podras" isn't a valid verb form, unless you meant to write "podrás", which is the future tense. It appears that you intended to use the correct subject agreement. When you try again, be careful because "poder" has an irregular preterite stem.

You said that you wanted to use the conditional in the second exercise.
The method for deriving the future/conditional tenses is relatively straightforward, and you managed it correctly in #1 and with incorrect subject agreement in #2, but you went wrong in the other 5 items.

The future and conditional tenses use identical stems. With the exception of exactly 12 verbs (and their compounds), the stem of the future and conditional tense is the infinitive. The 12 irregular verbs alter the infinitive in 1 of 4 possible ways to form the future/conditional stem:

1. Drop the e or i from the infinitive ending:
poder -> podr-
haber -> habr-
querer -> querr-
caber -> cabr-
saber -> sabr-

2. Replace the e or i from the infinitive ending with d:
tener -> tendr-
valer -> valdr-
venir -> vendr-
salir -> saldr-
poner -> pondr-

3. Eliminate a vowel and a consonant:
hacer -> har-
decir -> dir-

Looking at the 7 items in your exercise:
1. "esquiaría" is correct.
2. "irías" is a valid conditional form, but it doesn't agree with its subject.
3. "hacían" is imperfect. Try again with the correct stem.
4. "jugíamos" is completely wrong, except perhaps with subject agreement if you are one of the children. Try again with the correct stem.
5. "salía" is imperfect. Try again with the correct stem.
6. "asistías" is imperfect. Try again with the correct stem.
7. "comíamos" is imperfect. Try again with the correct stem.

[ayúdame]

Ugh, not sure what I was thinking, but I got my stems and forms confused. Fixed them. Are these now correct?

First Section:
Lleváramos
Llegara
Dejara
Enviáramos
Tuviéramos
Pudieras

Second Section:
Esquiaría
Iríamos
Harían
Jugaríamos
Saldría
Asistirías
Visitaría
Comeríamos

Thanks for all the detailed help, though! :p

[Rusty]

First Section:
Lleváramos :good:
Llegara :bad: (agreement)
Dejara :bad: (agreement)
Enviáramos :bad: (agreement)
Tuviéramos :good:
Pudieras :good:

Second Section:
Esquiaría :good:
Iríamos :good:
Harían :good:
Jugaríamos :bad: (agreement)
Saldría :good:
Asistirías :good:
Visitaría :good:
Comeríamos :good:
Some are now correct! Watch noun and verb agreement.