Indicative after crec que

Level 2

Affirmative belief and knowledge commonly introduce an indicative clause.

How It Works

Crec que ve presents the speaker's belief about a situation. Sé que ve presents it as known. The clause after que uses an indicative tense appropriate to its time: crec que vindrà, sé que va venir.

Que is a conjunction here, not a relative pronoun referring back to a noun. Do not omit it merely because English permits I think she is coming without that. The embedded clause can have its own explicit or understood subject.

Negating the belief often changes the normal mood choice: no crec que vingui. This is a useful contrast, not a claim that affirmation and negation alone decide mood in every possible discourse context. At this level, use indicative for an asserted belief and subjunctive for an ordinary negated belief.

Examples (3)

  1. Crec que la Júlia arriba avui.

    I think Júlia arrives today.

  2. Sé que tens raó.

    I know you are right.

  3. Em sembla que demà plourà.

    It seems to me that it will rain tomorrow.

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Indicative after crec queLevel 2

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