Spanish C2: Old & formal forms: the future subjunctive and -se · Words

The imperfect subjunctive has two sets of endings: -ra (hablara, tuviera) and -se (hablase, tuviese). Both are correct; -se sounds more written or more northern. The future subjunctive (hablare, tuviere, fuere) survives only in law and in set phrases: Sea lo que fuere (whatever it may be), Adonde fueres, haz lo que vieres (when in Rome…), el que lo hallare (whoever finds it).

• hablase — that I spoke (-se form)
• tuviese — that I had (-se form)
• fuere — may be (future subjunctive)
• hubiere — there may be (legal)
• sea lo que fuere — whatever it may be
• en su caso — where applicable
• el que suscribe — the undersigned
• la cláusula — clause

• Ojalá estuviese aquí. — I wish she were here.
• Sea como fuere, hay que seguir. — Be that as it may, we must go on.
• Adonde fueres, haz lo que vieres. — When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
• Si hubiese llegado antes, la habría visto. — If I had arrived earlier, I would have seen her.