Using Esperar with the Spanish Subjunctive Mood

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I was at a latino festival and a guy was getting ready to sing a song. He said "espero que les guste". For a couple of seconds I thought "guste??" Then it clicked it was sunjunctive. First time I noticed gustar used that way. It instantly stuck in my head.

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In fact, I'm surprised that he didn't say "Que les guste". Often the "Espero" when it's obvious, it's omitted completely.

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We know that subjunctive is used for wishes, doubts, etc and this lesson clearly explains "the change in subject rule" when using "esperar" for "hope". But one can be tempted to also apply the change in subject rule when expressing doubt, which always triggers the subjunctive.

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Hi Qroo Paul. This is another extremely useful lesson. I greatly appreciate how you combined chunks of earlier lessons and cleverly incorporated those in this lesson. I recall an earlier lesson (that gap between Beginner and Intermediate) where you mentioned the use of the Unknown and Unspecified in the use of the Subjunctive Mood. I really enjoyed this lesson on the use of the Indicative and Subjunctive in using the verb Esperar. I look forward to more enticing lessons from you. Ojala que pueda mejorar mi Espanol lo sufficientemente para escribir pronto en Los commentarios. Tenga que vaya muy bien en Florida con la citas de medico.

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Hi Eric. The inifintive is used after prepositions and POR is a preposition. The sentence starter is GRACIAS POR..thanks for. You could insert a noun or a verb in the infinitive: Gracias por la comida. Thanks for the food. Gracias por decirme la verdad. Thanks for telling me the truth. Gracias por traerme la comida. Thanks for bringing me the food -- which. although grammatically correct, sounds odd in Spanish. In stores or restaurants, you could say something like gracias por atenderme -- or if they are super great, gracias por atenderme tan bien.

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HOWEVER.... in conversation, you'll often hear "Espero que + subjunctive", not only do they omit "Yo" they'll omit "Espero" too. So you'll often hear and say ... Que tengas buen día (common parting phrase) Que tengas suerte (Anticipation) Que te guste (humble) Que cantes bien (bit harsh) Que vaya con Dios (at least in Guatemala) Etc.

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I had to go back in my notes where we learned the sentence: Busco una casa que dé al parque. Then I was able to figure out Espero que podamos encontrar una casa dé al lago. 😊💡🧠

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I think tackling it in small bits is the way to go when it comes to the subjunctive.

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Paul good one, totally needed. I assume that a lot who uses "I hope" without knowing the subjunctive or that it exists, says it weird but thinks it is correct like: -espero no llover -espero el equipaje caber -espero traes dinero contigo esta vez Good Stuff -llueva -quepa -traigas

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Espero regresar en Espana en 2023. Espero que Harry pueda vivir en America Latina en el futuro. By the way 'ojala' can also be used for 'I hope' and is followed with or without 'que' and by the subjunctive, as I'm sure you know. But I have seen it translated into our tongue more as 'hopefully', which means pretty much the same in my book. It derives from the Moorish occupation of Spain the Arabic 'insha Allah' (God willing), which, oddly enough, is mostly used as a future marker in Arabic. (I don't even know if Arabic has a subjunctive mood. My Arabic is very rudimentary).

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