Spanish Verbs - Accidents of A Verb - Mood

Mood

Grammatical mood is one of a set of distinctive forms that are used to signal modality. In Spanish, every verb has forms in three moods.

• Indicative mood: The indicative mood, or evidential mood, is used for factual statements and positive beliefs. The Spanish conditional — although semantically it expresses the dependency of one action or proposition upon another — is generally considered a "tense" of the indicative mood, because, syntactically, it can appear in an independent clause.
• Subjunctive mood: The subjunctive mood expresses an imagined or desired action in the past, present or future.
• Imperative mood: The imperative mood expresses direct commands, requests, and prohibitions. In Spanish, using the imperative mood may sound blunt or even rude, so it is often used with care.