Spanish Grammar Impersonal Expressions.

Question

Complete the following with the correct form of the verb in the parentheses.

Es probable que yo ___ un buen trabajo. (conseguir) Es evidente que yo ___ a ascender en la compañía. (ir) Es seguro que ellos ___ por la mañana. (venir) Es urgente que los gerentes ____ una nueva secretaria. (encontrar) Es dudoso que el jefe me ______ . (ascender)

I cannot figure these out for the life of me!

Ohh I didnt know that. Sorry. Well the answers I got were:

Es probable que yo consigan un buen trabajo. (conseguir) Es evidente que yo fuera a ascender en la compañía. (ir) Es seguro que ellos venganpor la mañana. (venir) Es urgente que los gerentes encuentren una nueva secretaria. (encontrar) Es dudoso que el jefe me ascenda. (ascender)

Answer 1

You must use indicative if you declare things (inform others about things you know, guess, imagine,...) in subordinates:

Es probable que consiga un trabajo (you are not declaring that you obtained a job, so you can't use indicative)

Es evidente que voy a ascender en la compañía. (you declare that you are going to ascend in the company, so use indicative)

Es seguro que ellos vendrán por la mañana. (you declare that they are coming tomorrow - indicative)

Es urgente que los gerentes encuentren una nueva secretaria. (you are not declaring that the managers have found a new secretary - subjunctive)

Es dudoso que el jefe me ascienda. (you are not declaring that you have not been promoted - subjunctive)

Why learning so many "trigger expressions" if there is just one rule?

Answer 2

Why is this incorrect : Ahora se está cambiando.

Me teacher syas it's incorrect and should be : Ahora está cambiando.

The sentence began a new paragraph which had previously been describing an change in pattern of book sales.

Answer 3

Es probable que [yo] consiga un buen trabajo. (conseguir) Es evidente que [yo] voy a ascender en la compañía. (ir) Es seguro que ellos vendrán por la mañana. (venir) Es urgente que los gerentes encuentren una nueva secretaria. (encontrar) Es dudoso que el jefe me ascienda. (ascender)

Why did you choose the past tense for sentence #2 rather than present tense (indicative)? I didn't understand why past subjunctive was selected rather than present? - 0074b507, AGO 11, 2009

Answer 4

All of your answers were in the present subjunctive, save one. Is there a reason that you chose the imperfect subjunctive (fuera) for the 2nd sentence rather than the present subjunctive (vaya)?

Here is a list of some of the impersonal expressions that trigger the subjunctive in Spanish:

http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/subj7.htm

Answer 5

Delete.

Answer 6

According to the website rules, and because this is a learning site, you'll have to post your attempts before anyone will give you the correct answers.

Why not give it a try?

Here's a hint: use the subjunctive