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Old December 06, 2009, 09:11 AM
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I said the wrong thing....

yesterday a girl asked me if i was going to a party and i said no sé si estaré asistiendo. today i realised i should have said no sé si yo asistiere al fiesta. what a stupid mistake. i could have even said no sé si yo fuere al fiesta.
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Instead of trying to use the future subjunctive, which is mostly dead in modern Spanish, you could have used the present tense or the simple future tense (formed with ir a + infinitive) in the subjunctive mood.

No sé si asista a la fiesta.
No sé si vaya a asistir a la fiesta.
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Old December 06, 2009, 11:06 AM
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I'd use the simple future:

No sé si asistiré / iré.
No sé si voy a asistir / ir.

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Many thanks for the good examples
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You're welcome. But these sentences are easy
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Old December 07, 2009, 11:15 AM
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did i really say the wrong thing? (no sé si estaré asistiendo) because my intentions were to say i WON'T BE ATTENDING that's y I said no estaré asistiendo the gerund needed to be used (attending/asistiendo) so that's y i used the verb estar (estaré)

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Old December 07, 2009, 12:00 PM
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did i really say the wrong thing? (no sé si estaré asistiendo) because my intentions were to say i WON'T BE ATTENDING that's y I said no estaré asistiendo the gerund needed to be used (attending/asistiendo) so that's y i used the verb estar (estaré)
All the suggestions are used, including yours.

Also " no estaré yendo a la fiesta, por x razón"
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Old December 08, 2009, 04:56 AM
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Gerund is not used in such sentences in Spanish. I'd say them with simple future:

No iré a la fiesta.
No voy a ir a la fiesta.
Creo que no iré a la fiesta (no voy a ir)
Supongo que no iré a la fiesta.
etc.

You would use gerund, in this sentence, if something is going to happen at the same time:

Estaré yendo a la fiesta cuando llegue el avión de Pablo.
No estaré yendo a la fiesta cuando tú cojas el coche porque me estaré duchando.


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Gerund is not used in such sentences in Spanish. I'd say them with simple future:

No iré a la fiesta.
No voy a ir a la fiesta.
Creo que no iré a la fiesta (no voy a ir)
Supongo que no iré a la fiesta.
etc.

You would use gerund, in this sentence, if something is going to happen at the same time:

Estaré yendo a la fiesta cuando llegue el avión de Pablo.
No estaré yendo a la fiesta cuando tú cojas el coche porque me estaré duchando.



I guess you meant in Spain...?

So, the part of "X reason" is not good enough, like being in the shower, or going to another party? :-)

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yesterday a girl asked me if i was going to a party and i said no sé si estaré asistiendo. today i realised i should have said no sé si yo asistiere al fiesta. what a stupid mistake. i could have even said no sé si yo fuere al fiesta.

You only should have said No se si yo vaya a la fiesta.

Even though that there're a lot ways in the says the same.


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