Italian Subjunctive

The Subjunctive mood expresses doubt, uncertainty, hope, fear, possibility, opinions, etc. and is used much more frequently in Italian.  It is mainly used in dependent clauses (sentences introduced by a conjunction that do not have a complete meaning) that are introduced by che.

The "congiuntivo" is also required with particular expressions such as:

• Impersonal forms  »  è necessario che, bisogna che, è importante che... tu venga al cinema - it's necessary that, it's important that... you come to the movie.


• Comparative clauses  »  è il film più interessante che abbia visto - it is the most interesting movie that I saw .


• Sentences introduced by  »  affinché - perché (so that), tranne che (a part that), a meno che (unless), sebbene - malgrado - nonostante (altough), purché - a patto che (provided that), come se (as if)


• Sentences introduced by the adjectives or pronouns  »  qualsiasi - qualunque (any), chiunque (whoever), dovunque (anywhere)


• Sentences introduced by the adjectives or pronouns  »  niente che - nulla che (nothing that), nessuno che (nobody that), l'unico/a che - il solo/a che (the only one that)