Even after spending months learning the conjugation of the four tenses of the Italian subjunctive and after learning when to use it and when not to use it, there are still many doubts about the Italian subjunctive (doubts that, often, even Italians themselves have). In this lesson, we will look at the 5 DOUBTS (about the SUBJUNCTIVE) that everyone has had at least once in their life and to which they have never had an answer. Get your pen and paper ready! You will have to take notes! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📝 Written explanation: https://learnamo.com/congiuntivo-errori/ 👩🏼‍🏫 Individual lessons: https://learnamo.com/corso-italiano-i... ❤️ Support our channel: https://learnamo.com/donazione-learnamo/ ------------------------------------ If you want to be always updated on the new contents that we publish day by day, follow us on: 👉🏽 Facebook: / learnamo 👉🏽 Instagram: / learnamo 👉🏽 Twitter: / learnamo 👉🏽 TikTok: / learnamo 👉🏽 Pinterest: / learnamo 👉🏽 Telegram: https://t.me/LearnAmo/ 👉🏽 Newsletter: https://learnamo.com/newsletter-mail/ ------------------------------------ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about the Italian subjunctive 1 – Is it true that the Italian subjunctive is dead (or at least about to die)? In fact, it is heard less and less often, especially in spoken Italian. The main cause of this is its complex rules, which make it difficult for many to manage. This is a shame, because the subjunctive adds more nuance to the language, makes it more interesting and refined. But then why do we foreigners have to study it, if even Italians use it less and less? The subjunctive should be learned because it offers a more complete and broad vision of the language, a greater knowledge and a greater awareness and mastery of Italian. Once you have studied and understood it, you can decide whether to do without it or use it! Cool, right? And it's not just LearnAmo who says this, but these are also the words of Maria Luisa Altieri Biagi, an Italian linguist, scholar of grammar and history of the Italian language. 2 – Why isn’t the subjunctive used with expressions like “perhaps”, “probably”, “according to me” even if they express doubts, uncertainties or subjectivity? Because the subjunctive can never be the main verb in the sentence. What is meant by “main verb”? The main verb is the one that governs the entire sentence and on which all the other verbs in the sentence depend. The main verb has its own meaning by itself, so it can also be the only verb in the sentence. On the contrary, the subjunctive can only depend on another verb. Therefore, it is true that the subjunctive is the mood of uncertainty, doubt, subjectivity, but it is only used if it depends on another verb that expresses these meanings (such as: to think, to believe, to need, to be happy/sad… If you don’t know all the verbs and expressions that govern the subjunctive, take a look at our lesson on when to use the subjunctive). Instead, “perhaps,” “probably,” “according to me,” “from my point of view” (and similar) are expressions that do not contain a verb, so there is nothing that can support the subjunctive. So we would say, for example: Maybe you're right. We probably should have left earlier. In my opinion, they had a good idea. From my point of view, we are safe. In these sentences, the underlined verb is the main verb, as well as the only verb, so we could never have had a subjunctive in its place. 3 – Are there cases in which the subjunctive is the main verb of the sentence? What are these cases? Yes, there are cases in which the subjunctive can be the main verb of the sentence, but these are very particular cases.... ... Continue reading on our website: https://learnamo.com/congiuntivo-errori/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👇 SEE ALSO... 👇 When to use the subjunctive 👉 • How and when to use the Italian SUBJUNCTIVE... When NOT to use the subjunctive 👉 • When NOT to use the Italian SUBJUNCTIVE... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #LearnItalian #ImparareItaliano #Italiano