I am certain of it, I use the indicative

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For example, if I say "I don't think it happened." There is doubt here, that's why we use the subjunctive. "I don't think it happened." I'm not sure, it's uncertain. There is doubt, so I use the subjunctive.

On the other hand, if I have a certainty and I say "I know that it happened", I use the indicative. "I know that it happened", there is no uncertainty, there is no doubt, I know it,

If I say "I wish you could come." In this example, I used the subjunctive. Here, I don't know if you could, because I'm just saying "I wish you could come." I don't know if you could come, I'm not sure, I have a doubt, so I use the subjunctive.

On the other hand, if I say "I think he won't come". Here, I already have more certainty. For me, it's clear, he won't come. So if I say "I think he won't come", I use the indicative because I have australia whatsapp number data certainties, I know it, there is no doubt or little doubt.

So, you see, one of the keys to choosing between the subjunctive and the indicative is to understand the overall meaning. Do the words used suggest a case in which we are sure, where we have certainties, or a case in which we are not sure, we have doubts?

Generally speaking, we can say that the indicative is used in six major categories. The first is what we just said, it's when we have a certainty or we describe something real. We find a certain number of verbs for that, but I tell you right away, be careful, this is not going to mean that all the verbs that I'm going to cite in the rest of this video are used for one or the other. Many verbs are used either with the indicative or with the subjunctive, some, exclusively with one or exclusively with the other, but here, these are only examples.

In the case of reality and certainty, you will often find verbs like: to be sure that, to be certain that, to be persuaded that, to remember that, it is obvious that. With this type of verb, you will see the indicative.

The second category is thought or opinion. When we think something or when we give an opinion, we use the indicative and we often find verbs like: to think that, to believe that, to suppose that, to not doubt that.

The third category for which we use the indicative is the declaration, when we declare something. We will use verbs of the type: say that, answer that, affirm that.

We also use the indicative when we talk about the different meanings: see that, hear that, feel that.

The indicative is also used to speak of probability: to have the impression that, for example, or it seems that.

And finally, the sixth category, we use it to talk about hope: hoping that, dreaming that, etc.

For the subjunctive, we have about seven different categories. As we said earlier, the first is uncertainty or doubt, here we use the subjunctive. We will often find verbs like: to doubt that, not to be certain that, not to be persuaded that, not to think that.