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Both verbs should be in subjunctive?

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DaBu
October 11, 2015, 06:49 AM
¡Hola a todos!

I have a sentence:
Lo que más importante es que nunca nos aburramos cuando estamos juntos.
Is it grammaticly correct? Or should I put estar also in subjunctive form - cuando estemos juntos?

¡Gracias anticipadas!

Julvenzor
October 11, 2015, 08:46 AM
Hola, DaBu:

En presente de indicativo, la persona está relatando un hecho: nunca nos aburrimos cuando estamos juntos.

En cambio, en presente de subjuntivo, la persona está expresando su deseo de que ocurra tal suceso: ojalá nunca nos aburramos cuando estemos juntos.

En este caso, solamente suena bien con ambos verbos en el mismo modo.

Un saludo.

AngelicaDeAlquezar
October 11, 2015, 09:25 AM
I don't exactly disagree with Julvenzor, but I think there is a nuance in meaning:

If you and I are meeting often and we both will keep this habit in the future, then I find the indicative "estamos" better.

If there is no regularity about the occasions when we meet, then the subjunctive "estemos" is better, as thinking of a probability in the future.

DaBu
October 12, 2015, 01:47 AM
Gracias Julvenzor y AngelicaDeAlquezar por sus respuestas.
Dear AngelicaDeAlquezar, you are saying about the difference in meaning, it's very interesting, but should I leave both verbs in presente de indicativo in case of "habit" and in presente de subjuntivo in case of "probability"?

AngelicaDeAlquezar
October 12, 2015, 10:55 AM
If you say "lo importante es que..." your next verb is always subjunctive, so "que no nos aburramos" is the only possible conjugation. The second verb is the one I find acceptable as a "meaning changer".

-Lo importante es que nunca nos aburramos cuando estemos juntos. -> There is a probability in the present and in the future that we spend time together and we want to have fun.

- Lo importante es que nunca nos aburramos cuando estamos juntos. -> We are having fun already anytime we meet, and we'll continue to do so.