When and How to use Subjunctive
Why do you use subjunctive to refer to a future action dependent on another action? What would be an example of this besides "ir + a + infinitive + another action"? Why wouldn't this use an indicative verb form in future?
When do you use subjunctive? I know it is used to express doubt/feelings/impersonal/wants and refer to unknown things. Is there anything else I'm missing? |
The subjunctive is used for/with: emotional reactions, value judgments, doubt, denial, uncertainty, verbs of volition, non-existence, something outside of one's experience, something unidentified, a future event (especially with certain time coordinator phrases, like antes de que).
Other phrases of place or manner trigger the use of the subjunctive: para que, con tal de que, a menos que Provide specific examples, and we can explain why the subjunctive was used. |
I can't come up with examples since I don't understand this part: "refer to a future action dependent on another action". What does that even mean??
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Perhaps they meant something like this example:
Cuando llegue, vamos al supermercado. =When she gets here, we'll go to the supermarket. You can switch the clauses around to fit your earlier example. The future 'going to the super' is dependent on a future event that is cast in the subjunctive. The secondary clause is not cast in the subjunctive because it's a future event. It's because there is a sense of uncertainty. Hope that helps. |
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A little correction. Again, I think your mind is playing with you. :) Or rather your fingers!...:D |
Sorry to disagree, Hernán. I find nothing wrong with "cuando llegue, vamos al supermercado".
Using present tense to talk about a future action in this kind of contexts sounds a lot more natural than using the future tense. |
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:) :owl: (I am looking at you) :lol: |
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"Get" solo significa obtener, recibir etc. "Get" se ocupa en muchas otras instancias que significan algo diferente. Si sigues mi consejo de leer una novela en ingles y traducirla al español te vas a dar cuenta de esto que te digo mas rapido. :-) |
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