La casa donde viviré/vivia

Question

Hello

Could you tell me what's the difference between those sentences?

La casa donde viva será azul - La casa donde viviré será azul

I think the difference is: the first is like "one day", "in the distant future", and the second could be said when I've already bought the house.

Am I right?

Thanks

Answer 1

1. La casa donde viva será azul. (= intention; not a current situation.)
2. La casa donde viviré será azul. (= likely situation.)

Subjunctive is somewhat related to the future, but remember that shows a certain impresicion of what we're talking about.

Thanks! Can we say that we use the subjunitivo when we talk about a thing that could exist, or not - we don't know. It's like "Busco una persona que hable espanol" - we don't know it any person like this exist. - Matty08, Aug 20, 2016

"La casa donde viva sera azul" - I want my future house to be blue, but I don't know if any blue house exist/ I don't mean any specifed blue house. Am I right? - Matty08, Aug 20, 2016

:) - FELIZ77, Aug 20, 2016

Oshnaj, could you also say that the first sentence reflects a desire and a dream of the kind of house in which they would like to live? - FELIZ77, Aug 20, 2016

Exactly! - Oshnaj, Aug 21, 2016

Answer 2

The subjunctive MUST be triggered by words that express doubt.

"La casa donde viva sera azul." means somethings along these lines "The house that I might be living in will be blue." You're recognizing a doubt in living there, but not in the actual color of the house.

"La casa donde viviré será azul." The house where I will live, will be blue. This would mean that you are going to live there, but could pass the judgement that you are still looking for a blue house.

Here is an alternative: "La casa donde viviré es azul." The house where I will live is blue. This would say that you have closed on the house and are moving in shortly and that the house most certainly is blue.

:) - FELIZ77, Aug 20, 2016

What about when expressing emotion? Example: Me siento mal que estés enfermo. - AnnRon, Aug 21, 2016

Well, doubt isn't the only thing that can trigger the subjunctive. It applies to Judgement, Emotion, Doubt and Influence. - codyandrews1993, Aug 22, 2016