Subjunctive Question para ustedes
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Llámame cuando hubieres llegado al restaurante que nos gusta.
Why is this subjunctive?
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updated Jan 19, 2013
posted by kyle_hurley
cuando haya llegado? ( just a suggestion) - annierats, Jan 19, 2013
or, cuando habrás llegado? - annierats, Jan 19, 2013
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First the subjunctive is often used after "cuando" when the time is uncertain (actually most of the time). Cuando llegue quiero hablar contigo de eso. When I arrive I want to talk to you about that.
Second, it seems odd to me to use the future perfect tense in the sentence when "cuando llegues" would suffice.
Ask this question to the forum: Is the subjunctive future perfect tense (futuro perfecto del subjuntivo) used in spoken Spanish? Two of your posts mentioned it and I was wondering why.
updated Jan 19, 2013
posted by Jubilado
i agree, cuando habrás llegado sounds beter to me too. - annierats, Jan 19, 2013
Sory about the typos, I can't find my glasses, blind as a bat. - annierats, Jan 19, 2013
