Present subjunctive with verbs of emotion

Question

I need to create a subjunctive sentence from - "Tengo que salir de excursión" Is it correct to say "Me alegro de que tenge que salir de excursión" ? Since the subject doesn't change, should I eliminate tener?

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Bird, one thing is for sure: you would not use tengE, the subjunctive form of the verb tener is tengA :) ER and IR verbs take an a, and ar verbs take e in the present subjunctive form. I hope this helps :) - FELIZ77, Dec 5, 2015

I thought that if the subject doesn't change, one should use the infinitive. I also am not sure if I can use "que" twice in a subjunctive sentence. - bird805, Dec 5, 2015

I wasn't saying that you should use the subjunctive, I was simply commenting on what form it should take ;) - FELIZ77, Dec 5, 2015

Daniela has given you a great answer and an example using the subjunctive with puedA ;) - FELIZ77, Dec 5, 2015

¡Fantástico! Un voto por haber completado el perfil. Yay! - Daniela2041, Dec 5, 2015

Yes, that is usually the case:if the subject doesn't change after que, you would use the indicative, but if there is a change of subject and a different verb in the second clause after the relative pronoun 'que' then you would use the subjunctive - FELIZ77, Dec 5, 2015

@Bird--I have posted the first of three threads on the subjunctive. If you go to my profile you will probably find it there. - Daniela2041, Dec 5, 2015

Yup, it's there down toward the bottom of my profile. just click on the link. It may not be quite enough, but check it out. - Daniela2041, Dec 5, 2015

Answer 1

Me alegro de tener que salir de excursión. Is grammatically OK but it is a really dopey sentence. " I am happy that I have to go out on an excursion"???? It would be more logical to say "I'm happy that I can go out on an excursion". Me alegro de poder ir de excursión.

If you want a subjunctive: Me da mucho gozo de que pueda ir de excursión.

The way I would probably express the whole idea here is "Me encanta poder ir de excursion." (But there's no subjunctive.) (Big sigh.)

Now please, please fill out your profile so we can know what your language levels are. It makes life a little easier on us.

Great answer, Daniela :) - FELIZ77, Dec 5, 2015

small typo: sentNence (second line) - FELIZ77, Dec 5, 2015

Sí, acabo de borrarlo. - Daniela2041, Dec 5, 2015

Answer 2

Could you fill out your profile with your levels of Spanish and English? Welcome to SD

Thank you for the reminder - bird805, Dec 5, 2015