how do you tell if a sentence is subjuctive or indicative
How do you tell if a sentence is subjuctive or indicative?
Example: what would this sentence be, El padre de Ixta no quiere que su hija (casarse) ___________ con un principe chichimeca. 
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It's subjunctive, as it's a wish of her father. It's worth following the link in the other post for a clear explanation. El padre de Ixta no quiere que su hija se case con un principe chichimeca.
It is subjuctive because if you say se casa it sounds like you are saying
The father doesn't want her daughter is marrying ... but you want to say ... to marry... **; the indicative is just that: indicative of what is going on, but there is no action taking place and and it is not definite that an action will take place, so that's why there's a **MOOD called the subjunctive that needs to be used. It is easier to understand this that to memorize rules. I'm not a native speaker but this is what it sounds like in the other languages I know (none of latin roots,that's why I'm not sure) so please correct me if I'm wrong.
This thing of categorizing sentences can be a bit confusing, which is why I also think you should follow Kevin's link. It's confusing because the first part of the sentence is indicative El padre de Ixta no quiere and the second part is subjunctive que su hija se case con un principe chichimeca.
What tells indicitive or subjunctive is the verb conjugation.
Welcome to the forum. The subjunctive vs. indicative is one of the more complex topics in Spanish. The lesson here is a good start.
se case
