Avísame cuando hubieras visto un regalo que te gusta
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Can you explain to me what kind of a message you would send to someone, who speaks Spanish, if you were to use future subjunctive instead of past? I feel like they both sound past and future. Your saying let me know when (in the future) you see a gift that you have (already seen in the past) that you like. It's confusing me.
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updated Jan 28, 2013
posted by kyle_hurley
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Avísame cuando hayas visto un regalo que te guste.
As far as the future subjunctive, it really does not get used in spoken Spanish today. If you translate the phrase I wrote literally it reads "let me know when you have (subjunctive, perfect) seen (indicative, past) a gift that you like (subjunctive, present)." It works out perfectly with the perfect tense!
updated Jan 28, 2013
edited by unMica
posted by unMica
good answer unMica :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jan 28, 2013
