Quiera

Question

Quiero - Quiera, When talking to a man or a women, you use quiera for a women correct?

Answer 1

You use quiera when expressing uncertainty and/or doubt

Not really: El que quieras explicar el subjuntivo así de fácil no significa que sea correcto. In this sentence, there is no uncertainty or doubt at all, and I use the subjunctive. No lo sé, no estoy seguro. Here there is uncertainty and doubt, and no subjunctive.

Thank you Lazarus for keeping me from leading Spanish learners astray. :) - Nathaniel, Aug 18, 2009

Answer 2

I understand why "sea" is there, but why did you use "quieras" instead of "quieres"?

Because we are not declaring it, but simply mentioning it to make a comment about it. When you declare things, you want people to know what you think, but Nathaniel does not need to be told that he wants to help, because it is obvious.

Answer 3

El que quieras explicar el subjuntivo así de fácil no significa que sea correcto.

I understand why "sea" is there, but why did you use "quieras" instead of "quieres"?

Answer 4

Nathaniel said

You use quiera when expressing uncertainty and/or doubt.You use quiera when expressing uncertainty and/or doubt.

Don´t feel too bad, nearly every teaching book I have looked at says the same thing, including Linguaphone. It´s a good job Lazarus is here.

Answer 5

No, quiera is the subjunctive. You use quiera when expressing uncertainty and/or doubt.

http://www.spanishdict.com/conjugate/querer