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Old June 22, 2011, 04:24 AM
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Arrow Es + adjetivo ... + subjuntivo (¿siempre?)

Entiendo enunciados como: Es fenomenal que mi amigo haya ganado la lotería. = "Es + adjetivo + que + subjuntivo."

¿Hay casos en que "es + adjetivo + que ... " no antecede el subjuntivo sino el indicativo? ¿Pueden darme ejemplos, por favor?

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Se puede usar así:

Es fenomenal, el venir acá, sentarnos y disfrutar del atardecer.
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Es obvio que no siempre es así. (it may be also an opinion, but it is introduced as a part of the collective knowledge, so indicative)

There's a narrow collection of adjectives, I think, that allows these "evident truths".

But mostly "es + adjective" is used to tell an opinion, so the verb within the opinion is in either subjunctive* or indicative, because you are declaring your opinion, not the fact you're telling your opinion about. When the adjective is nominalized it can be both opinion or a fact that is being declared:

Lo malo es que me gritara. [known fact]
Lo peor es que me lo dijo a los gritos. [new information]

*If you are to use subjunctive, articulate the clause by using the conjunction "que" that glues both parts of the sentence and tells the brain how to parse it.
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Entiendo enunciados como: Es fenomenal que mi amigo haya ganado la lotería. = "Es + adjetivo + que + subjuntivo."

¿Hay casos en que "es + adjetivo + que ... " no antecede el subjuntivo sino el indicativo? ¿Pueden darme ejemplos, por favor?

Muchas gracias!!
Using that construction? No.

Es bueno que vengas
Es malo que vayas
Es doloroso que haya muerto

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Thanks, y'all - very helpful!!
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