Desciendamos

Desciendamos is the first-person plural present subjunctive form of the Spanish verb descender, which means to descend or go down. The form derives from the root desciend- and is part of a pattern that produces irregular present-subjunctive forms for this verb in many conjugations.

In Spanish, the present subjunctive is used in subordinate clauses that express desire, doubt, possibility, necessity, or emotion, and it often follows verbs or expressions that require the subjunctive. Desciendamos appears primarily in formal or literary writing, as well as in procedural, instructional, or legal texts, and in constructed examples with que to introduce a subordinate clause.

Conjugation and usage notes: the present-subjunctive paradigm for descender includes yo descienda, tú desciendas, él descienda, nosotros desciendamos, vosotros desciendáis, ellos desciendan. The stem remains desciend-, and the nosotros form is desciendamos. This form is distinct from other verb patterns and reflects the irregular stem that appears in the present subjunctive for descender.

Examples: Es posible que desciendamos por la ladera con precaución. Espero que desciendamos al valle sin incidentes. These sentences illustrate how desciendamos functions within a subordinate clause requiring the subjunctive mood.

See also: descender; subjunctive mood in Spanish.