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Ok so I am a little confused about this. I am trying to say "When I leave this university I will have a girlfriend that I will treat very well". The first thing I am confused about is do I need a personal a in front of una novia? I think not because I am not referring to a specific person. The second thing I am wondering about is do I need to use the subjunctive in the second part "I will have a girlfriend that I will treat very well." I would say "tendré una novia que trataré muy bien". So my final translation would be "Cuando salga de la universidad tendré una novia que trataré muy bien". Any thoughts?

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updated May 5, 2011
posted by pescador1

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Better: "Cuando salga de la universidad tendré una novia a la que trataré muy bien."

You don't use subjunctive because you are declaring that you will treat her well, whoever she is.

The personal "a" with "haber" has an unique behaviour: you only use it when you are going to specify where or how do you "have" a certain person (e.g. I have him in prison(

updated May 5, 2011
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907