When I pronounce the French R and sustain it, it sounds like it’s rolling like a Spanish R except it occurs in my throat. Am I doing it right?
When do u use the subjunctive tense in Spanish?
Also, when do u use infinitives in Spanish?
Your description of your French “r” sounds right. Try listening to some French Radio or TV, or maybe some language tapes, to get it just right. Practice make sperfect.
The infinitive is used to convey uncertainty or doubt, and is used a lot is written Spanish. It is the equivalent of “I wish that I MAY succeed” or “I don’t believe he WOULD do that” (Yo espero que TENGA exito, No creo que el lo hiciera). In English those phrases sound formal and stuffy, but the uncertainty they convey is commonly rendered by the subjunctive in Spanish.
In the present tense, the subjunctive is usually used in subordinate clauses (the second part of the sentence, after “que”) following verbs of feeling, desire, or or doubt, such as esperar, querer, creer, sentir, dudar, etc.
Infinitives are used all the time- whenever the form of the verb has no subject, such as when it is used as a noun (el andar’ walking) or as the second part of a verbal phrase.” I want TO GO”- “Yo quiero ir.” The infinitive is equivalent to the English “to…” such as “to walk” or “to sit”. (it’s hard to WALK- es dificil CAMINAR)
here’s a video about the subjuntive in Spanish http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDheX4g-jQhttp://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDheX4g-jQ
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Your description of your French “r” sounds right. Try listening to some French Radio or TV, or maybe some language tapes, to get it just right. Practice make sperfect.
The infinitive is used to convey uncertainty or doubt, and is used a lot is written Spanish. It is the equivalent of “I wish that I MAY succeed” or “I don’t believe he WOULD do that” (Yo espero que TENGA exito, No creo que el lo hiciera). In English those phrases sound formal and stuffy, but the uncertainty they convey is commonly rendered by the subjunctive in Spanish.
In the present tense, the subjunctive is usually used in subordinate clauses (the second part of the sentence, after “que”) following verbs of feeling, desire, or or doubt, such as esperar, querer, creer, sentir, dudar, etc.
Infinitives are used all the time- whenever the form of the verb has no subject, such as when it is used as a noun (el andar’ walking) or as the second part of a verbal phrase.” I want TO GO”- “Yo quiero ir.” The infinitive is equivalent to the English “to…” such as “to walk” or “to sit”. (it’s hard to WALK- es dificil CAMINAR)
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for the spanish subjunctive, the general rule of thumb is a hope or a wish.
ex. Espero que tengas un buen viaje.
Ojalá que yo pueda hacerlo.
it gets far deeper, especially when dealing with hypothetical sentences or thoughts.
Si (yo) estuviera contigo, te ayudaría.
the best way i have found to learn it is to actually converse with a native spanish speaker…the subjunctive is used more often than the indicative.
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