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LA GRAMÁTICA INGLESA El modo subjuntivo 1. El modo subjuntivo se emplea para expresar una idea, no como un hecho, sino como una suposición o una posibilidad: Should it rain, we will not go. Si llueve, no iremos. Were he brave, he would fight. Si fuera valiente, pelearía. 2. El subjuntivo sirve también para expresar un deseo: Thy will be done. Hágase tu voluntad. Success attend your efforts. Que el éxito corone tu esfuerzo. 3. En inglés moderno, were del verbo to be es casi la única forma del modo subjuntivo que se usa con alguna frecuencia: He could do it, if he were the leader. (Él) podría hacerlo, si (él) fuera el líder. God save the Queen. Dios salve a la Reina. Las demás formas se han perdido y en la práctica son remplazadas por las correspondientes del infinitivo. Así, en vez de If he came tomorrow , hoy se dice If he comes tomorrow con mayor frecuencia. Antiguamente no se consideraba correcto, por lo menos en lo escrito. El modo imperativo El imperativo es igual al infinitivo, tanto en singular como en plural: Write me a letter. Escríbame una carta. Escríbeme una carta. Escríbanme una carta. CONJUGACIÓN DEL VERBO TO BE (ser o estar) Infinitivo Pasado Participio Presente Participio Pasado to be was being been Indicativo Presente Pasado Futuro Singular I: am I: was I: will/shall be you: are you: were you: will be he, she, it: is he, she, it: was he, she, it: will be Plural we: are we: were we: will/shall be you: are you: were you: will be they: are they: were they: will be Presente Perfecto Pasado Perfecto Futuro Perfecto Singular I: have been I: had been I: will/shall have been you: have been you: had been you: will have been he, she, it: has been he, she, it: had been he, she, it: will have been Plural we: have been we: had been we: will/shall have been you: have been you: had been you: will have been they: have been they: had been they: will have been