Is this the subjunctive?

[Caballero]

"Cualquier cosa que necesites, acá estamos"

Why is "necesitar" in the subjunctive?

[aleCcowaN]

Because "que necesites" is 100% an adjective and nothing specific is borne in mind while saying it (let's avoid the awful theories about the needed thing being unknown to the speaker). Indicative appears when there's a specific thing and "la cosa que necesitas" becomes a portmanteau for that specific thing. In the last case "que necesitas" is also an "adjective", but in the same way "of América" is an "adjective" to specify, thus identify, "the United States"

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by Caballero

"Cualquier cosa que necesites, acá estamos"

Why is "necesitar" in the subjunctive?

You could argue that it is also subjunctive in English: "Anything you may need" being something undefined.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

You could argue that it is also subjunctive in English: "Anything you may need" being something undefined.

Wouldn't be in the subjunctive if I said "Anything you need"?

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by chileno

Wouldn't be in the subjunctive if I said "Anything you need"?

Ah well, the subjunctive is sometimes invisible. I still think an explicit subjunctive would be better.

[aleCcowaN]

Yo siempre lo pienso como:

anything you need = lo que necesites/e/eis/en
anything you may need = lo que pudieras/a/ais/an (llegar a) necesitar

aunque tengo entendido que "may" es más vacilante en inglés británico que en inglés americano, y yo lo estoy pensando "a la británica".

¿Qué opinan?

[Luna Azul]

Originally Posted by aleCcowaN

anything you may need = lo que pudieras/a/ais/an (llegar a) necesitar

O: anything you may need =lo que puedas necesitar.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Ah well, the subjunctive is sometimes invisible. I still think an explicit subjunctive would be better.

Originally Posted by Luna Azul

O: anything you may need =lo que puedas necesitar.

I was thinking of this one too...

So, in my example the subjunctive is kind of concealed...?

[Luna Azul]

Originally Posted by Perikles

You could argue that it is also subjunctive in English: "Anything you may need" being something undefined.

Let me see if you all agree:

Anything you may need = Cualquier cosa que puedas necesitar

Anything you might need = Cualquier cosa que pudieras necesitar

Yes?

chileno - So, in my example the subjunctive is kind of concealed...?

You mean in English? it's so concealed that most native speakers don't realize they're using it.

[Caballero]

You mean in English? it's so concealed that most native speakers don't realize they're using it

That's for sure.