Sep 17, 2019 · I think concepts such as subjunctive vs indicative or por vs para or preterite vs imperfecto become more clear when you look at sentences where both would be correct, but the …

It is about NOT being the indicative, and literally the only real "rule" to the subjunctive is "do I want to give my sentences a strong meaning of truth, factual declaration, and concrete reality here? Or …

Reality vs possibility is a very useful high-level way to contrast the indicative and subjunctive. But it is too abstract to be practically useful. There are far too many examples for which the same concept …

Mar 18, 2015 · Although in both Spanish and French, "espérer" and "esperar" are used with both indicative and subjunctive to some extent or other. In French, the prescriptive norm is to use the …

Mar 4, 2021 · The subjunctive mood is used for a variety of things, such as purpose, commands, and results of other things. The word comes from subiungere, "to subjoin," because subjunctives are …

May 10, 2022 · The grammatical difference between the above #1 and #2 is that #1 uses present-tense (indicative) verbs while #2 uses past-tense (indicative) verbs. In #2, the verb "happened" is a past …

May 3, 2024 · Now I was looking more into the subjunctive mood and apparently the correct way of saying it would be: I demand that he go to school. Is this true? Did I misunderstood something or is …

Nov 8, 2022 · This is an example of a subjunctive conditional sentence. The presence of the if-clause marks the conditionality of the mood of the sentence; however, the subjunctive verb were is used to …

Feb 27, 2018 · As this construction exists in English, you can almost translate it literally, as long as you remember to use the imperfect subjunctive instead of an indicative past tense. All the other uses of …

Nov 13, 2019 · Indicative is what I call “normal”, this includes the present imperfect future passé simple passe composé and pluperfect tenses that you may have learned already. Indicative means you’re …