Subjunctive after no crec que
An ordinary negative belief commonly takes the subjunctive after que.
How It Works
No crec que vingui presents the coming as something the speaker does not affirm. No em sembla que sigui fàcil has the same useful learner pattern. The embedded verb's person depends on its own subject.
Compare crec que ve with no crec que vingui. The first presents a belief using indicative, while the second normally uses subjunctive under negated belief. Keep que in both versions; it introduces the embedded clause even when English can omit that.
Mood choice can depend on discourse, especially when denying a previous claim rather than simply expressing uncertainty. Do not turn this starting pattern into a universal claim that no always forces subjunctive in any sentence. For the neutral meaning I do not think so, the examples here provide the ordinary model.
Examples (3)
- No crec que tingui temps.
I do not think she has time.
- No em sembla que sigui car.
It does not seem expensive to me.
- No penso que arribin avui.
I do not think they will arrive today.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Understand the affirmative indicative baseline before negated belief.
Related Patterns
Practice Subjunctive after no crec que in Bubblegum
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