Imperfect subjunctivee

Question

Modelo: yo/ consumir/ poco ¿Qué era importante? Era importante que yo consumiera poco.

now for the ones I'm struggling with: tú/ poder/ solucionar el problema ¿Qué dudaban ustedes? I put: Dudaban que tú pudieras solucionar el problema.. said I was wrong what did I do wrong?

Also los editores/poner/más noticias en la primera plana ¿Qué esperabas? I put: Esperabas que los editores pusieran más noticias en la primera plana. What did I do wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I'm sorry I'm still confused - Blair90

Well what Jubilado and I were trying to explain is that the subjunctive part of your sentence is not the problem. The problem is that you aren't answering the questions correctly.

When someone says 'what do you all doubt?' you can't answer saying 'you all doubt such and such', that doesn't fit with the question - instead you have to say 'we doubt such and such'. So that is the part that you need to fix in both of your examples.

lol ok :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 12, 2013

Send me a PM about how to put things in those pink boxes. We've tried our best here: Help in Stereo!! - Jubilado, Sep 12, 2013

Answer 2

Well to get you started make sure you translate the question first.

¿Qué dudaban ustedes? What did you doubt?

So how should you answer? Should you say 'you doubted' or should you change something?

You seem to have made the same mistake in the second example. You were asked ... 'what were you hoping?' and you have answered 'you were hoping ....'

Let's see if you can fix them

Too bad I didn't read your post, but we were answering at the same time. I gave her/him more than you, but I think he/she was focusing on the past subjunctive. - Jubilado, Sep 12, 2013

I'm sorry I'm still confused - Blair90, Sep 12, 2013

Well if someone says to you, hey Blair what did you and your mates do after school yesterday? would you say 'well, you went to the movies?' - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 12, 2013

@ Jubilado - all good, as they say ... los genios pensamos igual jeje - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 12, 2013

Answer 3

Your mistakes are not with the subjunctive. You need to translate into English both the question and your answer. If I ask you Where did you and your friends go yesterday? How would you answer me: by saying "You went shopping" or by saying "We went shopping"?

Your mistake is at the beginning of both your answers. The only thing left for me or anyone else to do is actually write the complete Spanish sentence for you and I won't do that because it's your homework to learn from, not mine (or Kiwi-Girl's).

So I hope you get it. I do wish you success.

:) - rac1, Sep 12, 2013

Answer 4

In the ones you're having trouble with, ¿Qué dudaban ustedes? means What were you (plural) doubting? You don't answer that question with You were doubting, you answer it with We were doubting - That's what I think you did wrong.

The second one is almost the same except it ask "you singular" what are you hoping? Your answer says "You (singular) were hoping..." It should say I was hoping...

I will leave it to you to translate "We were doubting", and "I was hoping" into Spanish.

There is nothing wrong with the subjunctive in your answer.

I'm not understanding this answer either I'm sorry Im just very confused by this past subjunctives - Blair90, Sep 12, 2013