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using the subjunctive with negated dudar

Thinking about using dudar in a compound clause, the dependent clause is subjunctive:

  • Ellas dudan que [ellas] puedan ir afuera. They doubt they can go outside.

However, if the subject is the speaker and dudar is negated, we would not use the subjunctive:

  • Dudo que pueda ir afuera. I doubt I can go outside.
  • No dudo que puedo ir afuera. I don't doubt I can go outside.

I wonder, if there is different subject and dudar is negated, do we use the subjunctive?

  • Subjunctive: Ellas no dudan que [ellas] puedan ir afuera. They don't doubt they can go outside.
  • or
  • Non-subjunctive: Ellas no dudan que [ellas] pueden ir afuera. They don't doubt they can go outside.

Posted May 29, 2016, 8:10 PM UTC

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