when to use the subjunctive?

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Reply 20

Maddie088

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

No, it has to be pueda as that is the subjunctive form, puedo is not.

oh that makes sense now! thank you

Reply 21

Quick-use

Original post by Rainbowcorn

can i ask what the common word/phrase for pocket money is? just want to make my spanish sound more 'spanish' if that makes sense! thanks!

Paga I believe.

I'm going to bed now; it's 2am in Japan. I'm too tired evidently since I didn't even notice the spelling mistakes on vantaja :frown:

Shall reply tomorrow! Good luck for now

By the way, the online dictionary that I used for Spanish and French at university was always: wordreference.com It's exceptional in my opinion. It's my go-to reference for both French and Spanish. :smile:

Reply 22

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by Rainbowcorn

thank you! 'superen' is in the subjunctive form isnt it? thank you again

Yes it is.

Reply 23

Quick-use

Original post by Rainbowcorn

i thought 'pueda' was present just in 3rd person? sorry for all these questions!
EDIT
i understand now, thank you!

http://www.wordreference.com/conj/ESverbs.aspx?v=poder

Present indicative form of poder:

puedo
puedes
puede
podemos
podéis
pueden
podés

In subjunctive present, (yo) puedo = pueda. Also, (él, ella, Ud.) puede = pueda.

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 24

Maddie088

Original post by Quick-use

Paga I believe.

I'm going to bed now; it's 2am in Japan. I'm too tired evidently since I didn't even notice the spelling mistakes on vantaja :frown:

ah thanks

night! its only 5pm in the UK though :smile:

Reply 25

Maddie088

Original post by Quick-use

thank you for your help! i really appreciate it!

Reply 26

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by Rainbowcorn

i thought 'pueda' was present just in 3rd person? sorry for all these questions!
EDIT
i understand now, thank you!

You may want to revise the endings of "er" verbs, the 3rd person form is "puede" :tongue:

Reply 27

Maddie088

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

You may want to revise the endings of "er" verbs, the 3rd person form is "puede" :tongue:

yes it looks like i will have to! spanish is confusing me right now and i thought it was an AR verb, without thinking clearly!
thank you :smile:

Reply 28

Quick-use

Original post by Omni Vanitas

The example you give is very weird in Spanish- you will never see "yo coma" (Spanish person here, never seen it written in my life!). You can say "Espero que coma pronto" (I hope (that) I eat soon) though "espero que pueda comer pronto" is more common.

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

In bed but this is annoying me. Isn't it more common/natural to say Espero comer pronto as opposed to Espero que coma pronto? Or, Espero poder comer pronto as opposed to espero que pueda comer pronto? Usually, you change the subject when employing the subjunctive right?

I'm a little rusty with my Spanish nowadays admittedly.

Reply 29

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by Quick-use

Yes, "espero comer pronto" is what Spaniards would say 99% of the time. "Espero que pueda comer pronto" sounds as if someone is stopping you from eating and so would hardly ever be used.

Reply 30

user706

Original post by Rainbowcorn

thank you! 'superen' is in the subjunctive form isnt it? thank you again

Actually both are correct, superen a or superen a las. It's true that superen las sounds a bit more natural, but both are fine!

Reply 31

Maddie088

Original post by Pcabezas

Actually both are correct, superen a or superen a las. It's true that superen las sounds a bit more natural, but both are fine!

so you dont need the 'a' ? thank you :smile:

Reply 32

user706

Original post by Rainbowcorn

so you dont need the 'a' ? thank you :smile:

You're welcome.
No, the verb can be either used as ”Superar algo” or “Superar a algo”

Reply 33

Plantagenet Crown

Original post by Pcabezas

You're welcome.
No, the verb can be either used as ”Superar algo” or “Superar a algo”

I'm a native, (you are too right?), and it sounds a bit strange to me to use "superar a" in this context, it makes it sound as if X is actually fighting and beating the disadvantages like "superar a tus enemigos" :tongue:

Reply 34

user706

Original post by Plantagenet Crown

Yes, I'm a native too. Maybe it sounds odd to you because of where you live (?) (Sometimes the way we speak changes a lot between cities) But for me “Las ventajas superan a las desventajas” sounds completely normal.

Think of it in this way “Los pros superan (en numero) a los contras.” I think that it's all because of “en numero”, which is kindda omitted. Maybe I'm just crazy haha But when I read “Las ventajas superan a las desventajas” I understand that she's omitting to say “en numero”.