Indirect speech...
I've got an exercise to do where I have to complete a sentence in indirect speech. The original is the following (someone has asked for directions): "Sigan todo recto y giren a la izquierda y ya la encontrarán".
The sentence I should complete is: "Ha dicho que...."
I have come to understand that you normally transform the imperative into a conditional like "girara" (conditional II), but my solutions tell me to use the subjunctivo. Why?
1 Answer
Hi there,
It looks like there's some mixup of terminology.
Conditional II in Spanish ("condicional compuesto" unless I'm wrong) - "habría girado"
"Girara" - imperfect subjunctive
The imperative is transformed into imperfect subjunctive, so your 'girara' is actually on the right track, only it needs to agree with the subject.
Now, you do need a conditional for that "encontrarán" because the future tense is transformed into a conditional but you only need the "condicional simple" with the '-ía' ending (again, needs to agree with the subject).
Want to give it a try?
