¿haber o estar?
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hola
January 27, 2010, 06:53 PM
how do you correctly say she may have been taking long on purpose? I got tal vez/quizá ha estado tardando a propósito. (i DO believe the subjunctive should b used also)
poli
January 27, 2010, 09:21 PM
how do you correctly say she may have been taking long on purpose? I got tal vez/quizá ha estado tardando a propósito. (i DO believe the subjunctive should b used also)
I would say:Tal vez está demorando a propósito.
o a lo mejor está demorando a propósito.
Quizas sabe que nos tiene eperando.
There's other ways too;)
irmamar
January 28, 2010, 01:44 AM
how do you correctly say she may have been taking long on purpose? I got tal vez/quizá ha estado tardando a propósito. (i DO believe the subjunctive should b used also)
In my opinion the sentence is correct. You can use the subjunctive, as well: quizá haya estado tardando a propósito. To express possibility you can use both indicative and subjunctive (when the probability is very big, you'll use indicative and vice versa).
:)
gramatica
January 29, 2010, 08:53 PM
Hi,
One uses the subjunctive when the doubt is very high and the indicative when one is more sure.
Espero que te sirva
Saludos
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