“Let’s see,” you may say to yourself about three-quarters through the typical first-year Spanish course, “how many verb tenses have we studied? 1. Present Indicative; 2. Imperfect Indicative; 3.
No creo que Ana venga a la fiesta. - I don’t think Ana will come to the party. Quizás Hugo vaya al cine. - Perhaps Hugo will go to the cinema.
In my last column, I wrote about the importance of the subjunctive in Spanish and provided one way to help you understand it (TT,May 25). I suggested that you become aware that the subjunctive exists ...