I said the wrong thing....

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.

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.

I'd use the simple future:

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

:)

Many thanks for the good examples

You're welcome. But these sentences are easy ;)

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"

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...? :rolleyes:

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

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.


I hope that instance can help you.

Interesting question :thinking:

http://www.elcastellano.org/ns/edici.../gerundio.html

;)

I wonder where is he from, since he apparently only "lived" in Brasil for 25 years, or maybe he is 25 y.o.?

And exactly because of this I refuse to learn anymore grammar. Everyone knows a certain term to be "wrong" but continue to use it, but are too quick to point at the usage of others. ;)

But maybe you have a great influence from AmE, that's because you use their constructions. To me, such construction in a sentence is unimaginable, but I understand it because I've studied English. If I hadn't, perhaps I wouldn't understand you :thinking:

No. That's from Chile and I bet a lot of other SA people will confirm that from their countries. we speak badly, so be it! :D