what are the best tips for learning the present perfect (indicative vs. subjunctive)?
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Is there an easy way to learn the difference between the "present pefect indicative" and the "present perfect subjunctive"?
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updated Nov 12, 2011
posted by bahamab
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One possible difference could be the regional preference for using the indicative mood, present perfect tense where English (or other Spanish regions) would use the simple past tense.
I don't think happens in the subjunctive mood.
Also, the indicative mood has a future perfect tense (habré + pp), but the subjunctive one is in disuse (hubiere+pp). So the present perfect tense in the subjunctive mood may have to also function as the future perfect tense.
Other than that, I think they refer to the same timeline, but just in different moods.
updated Nov 12, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
