Are these sentences with "cuando" correct?
I'm never sure whether to use indicative or subj. so I'm practicing here.
Cuando mis padres me castigen, me siento fatal - when my parents punish me I feel awful
¿Cuando llegues? - when are you arriving?
Cuando quieras comer tienes que sacar la comida del congelador - wen you want to eat you have to take the food out of the freezer.
cuando tenga hijos, espero que......... - when I have kids, I hope.......
cuando condujé al parque está mañana...... - when I drove to the park this morning....
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Cuando mis padres me castigen, me siento fatal - when my parents punish me I feel awful
If you use subjunctive, you are not declaring such thing, so your parents have never punished you yet. In this case, you probably want to say "sentiré". However, if your parents have punished you before, you are declaring this knowledge, and you can only do this in indicative: castigan.
¿Cuando llegues? - when are you arriving?
Subordinate appears in clauses. "Llegar" is the only verb, so it must be indicative.
Cuando quieras comer tienes que sacar la comida del congelador - wen you want to eat you have to take the food out of the freezer.
Perfect (see reason above)
Cuando tenga hijos, espero que......... - when I have kids, I hope.......
Perfect.
cuando condujé al parque está mañana...... - when I drove to the park this morning....
"Condujé" has the stress (and the accent) in the wrong syllable. It should be "conduje"
Cuando mis padres me castigen....
This is one of those general statements like the conditional tense. (or al=upon)
If (when/upon) my parents puniish me, I feel bad. (take the indicative mood)
¿Cuando llegues? [Cuándo]
Definitely an anticipated event (future time) needs subjunctive
Cuando quieras comer tienes que sacar la comida del congelador
Could be either depending on context.
If it refers to a one-time event (I pre-made and froze dinner, because I would not be home that night) then this is an anticipated event. So subjunctive.
If you are making a general statement (you always pre-make and freeze the dinners) and it becomes a conditional if:
if (when) you wish to eat you have to take the food out of the freezer. (indicative). The 1st example makes more sense, but I wanted to express the differences.
Cuando tenga hijos....
Anticipated event...subjunctive (when I have children....in the future)
Cuando tenga hijos...When you have children...could be a general piece of advice for parents that have children.
If (upon) you have children (you do) you need to....indicative
cuando condujé al parque está mañana.
cuando with the past tense:
indicative (see note about completed actions)
The following adverbial conjunctions [cuando] deal with time, and are followed by the subjunctive when they introduce an anticipated situation. If they introduce one which is viewed as completed or habitual, they are followed by the indicative. Of course, if there is no change of subject involved and a preposition is available, typically the preposition is used with an infinitive.
cuando mis padres me castigan, me siento fatal or
cuando mis padres me castigen me snetiré fatal.
regardless of the stress mistake on conduje is it correct? Creo que si porque it's in the past and it already happened, so it can't be subj.
cuando escuches esa canción, vas a llorar - when you listen to that song, you are going to cry.
cuando comemos pollo los lunes siempre me siento bien - when we eat chicken on mondays I always feel good.
Cuando leí tu respuesta me ayudó mucho.
Creo que me estoy acostumbrando
