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I was glad that my father came to see me=Me alegré de que mi padre viniera a verme but
I was glad because my father came to see me=Me alegré porque mi padre vino a verme
and
It saddens me that my father came to see me=Me entristece que mi padre viniera a verme
but
It saddens me because my father came to see me=Me entristece porque mi padre vino a verme
I have seen this with other expressions of feeling and when I put it into various translators I always get the same thing. I realize that changing from "that" to "because" slightly changes the meaning but why does it go from subjunctive to indicative in going from "que" to "porque?"
Marcos: Buenos días, Emilio. ¿Tú (preparar) comida para la cena?
Emilio: No, yo necesito limpiar la cocina. ¿Y dónde está Blanca?
Marcos: Ella (oír) música en su dormitorio.
Emilio: Ah bueno ¿Y tú y Tatiana qué hacen?
Marcos: Nosotros (salir) para la biblioteca. ¡Hasta luego!
Kevin
The choices include c) salgan and d) hayan salido. Aren't both of these subjunctive? The correct answer was c), salgan. I read through the lesson fairly thoroughly and don't see why hayan salido would not be correct as well. What am I missing? Thanks!
Why is "Yo he visto a tu madre esta mañana" more correct than " vi a tu madre esta mañana" for "I saw your mother this morning"?
C'mon señoritas! This tale is wide open for at least one more chapter, maybe two.
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