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
310