Word of the day - Sospechar

Question

We had a good discussion on my sentence for word of the day today.

I wanted to say - 'I suspect that my dog did this'. (ie he might not have - there were other dogs in the room too)

So I used the subjunctive - 'sospecho que a mi perro haga esto'. I wasn't sure whether to use haga or hiciera - but as sospecho is in present tense, I decided on haga.

My question is - can the subjunctive be used with this verb and in the way I was trying to phrase it?

Gracias amigos!

Answer 1

"Ella sospecha de que tu tengas relación con su esposo." -- >She is suspicious that you are having a relationship with her her husband.

"Ella sospecha que tu tienes relación con su esposo." -- >She suspects that you are having a relationship with her husband.

Notice that in the first, suspicious is being used to indicate of 'feeling,' so that's why we use the subjunctive.

However, in the second, suspects is being used to indicate 'general observation,' and there is not feeling attached, so we just use the indicative.

Espero que te sirva,

excellent! I understand now. Muchas gracias - billygoat, Jul 21, 2011

Answer 2

I would say - sospecho que mi perro hizo esto.

(past tense and no subj.)

thank dew - so no subjunctive at all with this verb? - billygoat, Jul 21, 2011