Sea, vaya, haya: the six irregular subjunctives

The six irregulars

Six verbs do not come from the yo form. Learn them as they are:

Their yo forms (soy, voy, he, sé, doy, estoy) do not end in -o the normal way, which is why the rule cannot reach them:

• Ojalá sea verdad. - I hope it's true.
• Quiero que vayas a la fiesta. - I want you to go to the party.
• Es posible que haya un problema. - There may be a problem.
• No creo que sepa la respuesta. - I don't think he/she knows the answer.
• Quiero que me des el libro. - I want you to give me the book.
• Espero que estés bien. - I hope you're well.

Dé has an accent only to tell it apart from the preposition de; des, demos and den have none. Estar has a written accent in every form except estemos, as in estés (you are).