sonreír Present Subjunctive Conjugation
sonreír — to smile
The present subjunctive changes the 'e' to 'í' (sonría) or 'i' (sonriamos).
sonreír Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use this when expressing a wish, doubt, or emotion about someone smiling (e.g., 'I hope you smile').
Notes on sonreír in the Present Subjunctive
Note the subtle difference: the 'boot' forms have an accented 'í' (sonría), while the nosotros and vosotros forms have a simple 'i' (sonriamos).
Example Sentences
Espero que sonrías hoy.
I hope you smile today.
tú
Quiero que todos sonrían para la cámara.
I want everyone to smile for the camera.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Es bueno que sonriamos a pesar de los problemas.
It's good that we smile despite the problems.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: sonreamos
Correct: sonriamos
Why: In the subjunctive, -ir stem-changers like sonreír change 'e' to 'i' in the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: sonrío
Sonreír features a stem change (e > í) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: sonreí
Sonreír is a stem-changer in the preterite, changing 'e' to 'i' in the third-person forms: sonrió and sonrieron.
Imperfect
yo: sonreía
The imperfect of sonreír is regular: sonreía, sonreías, sonreía, sonreíamos, sonreíais, sonreían.
Future
yo: sonreiré
Sonreír is regular in the future: just add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: sonreiría
The conditional of sonreír is regular: sonreiría, sonreirías, sonreiría, sonreiríamos, sonreiríais, sonreirían.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sonriera
The imperfect subjunctive is built from the third-person plural preterite: sonriera, sonrieras, sonriera...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sonríe
The imperative uses sonríe (tú) and sonría (usted) to command someone to smile.
Negative Imperative
yo: no sonrías
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no sonrías, no sonría.