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.
Read more about this topic: Spanish Verbs, Accidents of A Verb
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