Thread: The subjunctive
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Old May 14, 2008, 07:46 AM
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Please correct me if I'm wrong. I use the subjunctive under the following
circumstance: when the predicate is conditional, the following verb in the sentence is subjunctive.
For example: Iría alli si vayas conmigo.

If this is correct, does the same rule apply with the future tense followed buy the present subjunctive?
The conditional does trigger the imperfect subjunctive, but in your example it doesn't use the subjunctive, since si (if) is always followed by the indicative never followed by the present subjunctive (but can be followed by the imperfect subjunctive). In any case, some element that requires the subjunctive must be present so that you can use the subjunctive after the conditional. For example Yo iría para que tú fueras.
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Last edited by Tomisimo; May 14, 2008 at 07:52 AM. Reason: Grammatical correction.
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