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Imperfect Subjunctive Vs Conditional
Is it possible to replace the imperfect subjunctive with the standard conditional tense in any of the examples below?
John hoped that we would win our match. Juan esperaba que ganáramos nuestro partido. (ganaríamos) Mary hoped that we would ring him. María esperaba que le llamáramos. (llamaríamos) His girlfriend gave me the money so that I would buy a new tracksuit. Su novia me dio el dinero para que comprara un chándal nuevo. (compraría) Many thanks in advance. |
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Sorry guys, just another quick question on this:
Juan esperaba que ganáramos nuestro partido. John hoped that we would win our match. John felt this way last Monday about a football match that took place last Thursday (i.e. both verbs here involve actions in the past). Could we use the conditional (ganaríamos) if the match is not due to be played until next week (i.e. the match has not actually taken place yet) or does esperar que always imply the use of the subjunctive? Once again, many thanks in advance. |
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Thank you, Rusty. Would the same apply to all the typical verbs of influence and other expressions that automatically take the imperfect subjunctive (querer que, preferir que, pedir que, no creer que, etc.) regardless of when the action took place (past or conditional future)?
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