poderse que

Question

Does one say in Spanish "se puede que haya buen tiempo"? for such English expressions as: Will the weather be nice? Will we have good weather? Note the use of subjunctive. Second part of the question: poder que for "it may" takes the subjunctive after it, does se puede que (if it exists in Spanish) take the subjunctive?

Answer 1

I would say: Habrá buen clima/tiempo?, in the second one I need more context to see what are you asking but I would translate "It may" as puede que.

Answer 2

Jubilado, in your second post the most common way is Podría ser que (ella) tenía razón.

Pues si, no creo que haya diferencia entre copretérito y pretérito en este caso, quizá un poco el sentido de la oración pero el significado permanece intacto. :) - Dakie, Feb 21, 2011

Entonces ¿se puede usar "tenía" "tuvo" o "tuviera/tuviese" y son todos correctos? - Jubilado, Feb 21, 2011

Mmm, maybe yes, but you have to use a different context to make "tuvo" sound better, the other ones yes. - Dakie, Feb 21, 2011

Answer 3

Dakie, Thanks for the answer. In an earlier question posted by someone else, I suggested "Se podría que ella tuviera razón" for "It could be that she was right". So I used "poderse que" but I don't know if that is correct Spanish. Also I don't know if the past subjunctive is needed after it or just the preterite.

Ok, I would translate "It could be that she was right" as :"Podría ser que ella tuviera razón.", the problem is that I studied English about ten years ago and I am starting to recover it, so I don't remember well the names of the tenses so if you mean--> - Dakie, Feb 21, 2011

That you have to use "tuviera", yes, I think that you have two use one of the two forms of subjuntive in Spanish, "Tuviera/tuviese", depending on the verb of course. - Dakie, Feb 21, 2011