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que es un subjuntivo

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mi maestra quiere que encontremos los subjuntivos en la historia "El ahogado mas hermoso del mundo" de gabriel garcia marquez y no entiendo lo que es un subjuntivo

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updated Nov 14, 2011
posted by vampiresrule1273
Welcome to the forum, that is a toughie for your first question lol :) - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 13, 2011
Please accept your very first vote :) - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 13, 2011
"Qué es..." Es necesario usar ortografía correcta en este foro. Gracias. - Gekkosan, Nov 14, 2011

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El ahogado más hermoso del mundo

Los primeros niños que vieron el promontorio oscuro y sigiloso que se acercaba por el mar, se hicieron la ilusión de que era un barco enemigo. Después vieron que no llevaba banderas ni arboladura, y pensaron que fuera una ballena. Pero cuando quedó varado en la playa le quitaron los matorrales de sargazos, los filamentos de medusas y los restos de cardúmenes y naufragios que llevaba encima, y sólo entonces descubrieron que era un ahogado.

In the first paragraph I have highlighted the word 'fuera' as this is an instance where the subjunctive mood is used with the verb 'ser' in the imperfect tense. This link shows the full conjugation of ser and the second box down shows you the subjunctive mood. Ser conjugation chart smile

I'm surprised that your teacher expects you to spot the subjunctive in a passage without first teaching it to you? The subjunctive is an advanced topic that really can't be explained here in just one answer but in the first example that I have highlighted for you the subjunctive mood is used instead of the indicative because rather than indicate that in reality it was a whale the children just 'thought that it was' or 'that it might be'. smile

updated Nov 14, 2011
edited by Kiwi-Girl
posted by Kiwi-Girl
The Spanish teacher must have taught it, because the poster correctly wrote "encontremos' in subjunctive... unless that was machine translated. :) - Luciente, Nov 13, 2011
ah good spotting :) - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 13, 2011
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Usaste el subjuntivo en tu pregunta. smile Si la escribiste tú misma, ya sabes.

"Los subjuntivos" son los verbos en subjuntivo, como la palabra "encontremos" que escribiste. smile

updated Nov 13, 2011
edited by Luciente
posted by Luciente