Indicative after Affirmed Belief

Level 4

An affirmative belief normally introduces its asserted content with indicative.

How It Works

Crec que vindrà and penso que tens raó present a belief as the speaker's assertion, even though a belief is not certain knowledge. Uncertainty in a broad everyday sense does not by itself require the subjunctive.

Negating or questioning the belief can change how the content is presented: no crec que vingui is the usual nonasserted pattern. Indicative may remain in particular contexts that independently assert or echo the content, so this is a meaning-sensitive contrast rather than an absolute positive/negative switch.

The indicative clause still needs the appropriate tense: crec que ve, crec que vindrà, crec que ja ha vingut. Choose time separately from mood.

Examples (3)

  1. Crec que tens raó.

    I think you are right.

  2. Penso que vindran demà.

    I think they will come tomorrow.

  3. Em sembla que ja ha sortit.

    It seems to me that she has already left.

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Indicative after Affirmed BeliefLevel 4

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Recognize an affirmative belief’s ordinary indicative complement.

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