Spanish subjunctive

Ellen H.B2Kwiziq community member

Spanish subjunctive

Let’s hope I win this contes!

Esperemos poder ganar este concurso …’Let’s’ and ‘I’ are two different subjects…Why isn’t it subjunctive?

Asked 9 months ago
InmaKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hola Ellen

We don't need the subjunctive here because in this case, the subject is the same in both clauses:

(Nosotros) Esperemos

(Nosotros) poder ganar este concurso

You'd need the subjunctive if you had two different subjects (for that, you also need "que":

Esperemos que Juan pueda ganar el concurso.

We hope that Juan can win the contest.

I hope this clarified it. 

Here is a lesson on esperar que + subjunctive

Saludos

Inma

 

Spanish subjunctive

Let’s hope I win this contes!

Esperemos poder ganar este concurso …’Let’s’ and ‘I’ are two different subjects…Why isn’t it subjunctive?

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