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subjunctive here?

subjunctive here?

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I recently came across this example sentence:

'la casa donde habita una mujer es un hogar'

The house where a woman lives (inhabits) is a home.

Is it more correct to say,

'la casa donde habita una mujer sea un hogar'?

Thank you, Mitchell

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updated Aug 3, 2011
posted by MitchellSalad

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Is it more correct to say,

'la casa donde habita una mujer sea un hogar'?

The main sentence is "La casa... es un hogar". The verb of the main sentence always declares, so it is always indicative. You can't use "sea" here -it would make no sense.

updated Aug 4, 2011
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907