What is "Sea

Question

Just wanted to ask when to use "Sea" and if there's an easy tip as to when/how to use it or not and to be able to easily recognize it.

I am aware that Sea is a subjunctive mood but I'm having trouble understanding as to why Sea is used over Ser when there's no clear signs that the sentence is subjunctive.

All help would be really appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi.

Can you give a couple of examples of when there's no clear sign that the subjunctive is called for? "When to use the subjunctive" covers a lot of territory, and it would help to narrow down the area that's giving you trouble. Alas, I wouldn't say that there's "an easy tip" as to when to use the subjunctive, but perhaps the description of the acronym WEIRDO (follow link above) will help you.

Here's a sentence: Quiero que él sea tu amigo. I assume that, to you, there's a clear sign that the subjunctive should be used. So to repeat, can you provide some sentences where there is no clear sign?

Nevermind,I've done some digging in the Grammar section and managed to understand it.Thanks though. - NoelJ, Jan 19, 2017