The examples all list a couple actions that are being requested or suggested. Would it be just as normal to use it when there is just a single action being requested? Like "Pones los papeles sobre la mesa" would sound as normal as a command as "Pon los papeles sobre la mesa"? As a non-native speaker, if I talked that way would people think I don't know the imperative?

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RichardC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

present subjunctive with present perfect main verbThis was the quiz sentence: Hemos pedido al alcalde que ________ más farolas en las calles. (ponga vs. pusiera)

I found this confusing.

"Hemos pedido" translates into English as "asked," which is a past tense. So I wanted to use pusiera. But the answer requires present subjunctive (ponga).

Is it always true that when the main verb is in the present perfect, the subsequent clause will use the present subjunctive? So in Spanish we should treat present perfect as a present tense, whereas in English it is a past tense?

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ShirleyC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Audio, costado sounds like costan¡________ te ha costado el divorcio! Your divorce cost you so much! Lo más Lo que Hola, costado sounds like costan. Just a comment. Muchas gracias, Shirley.

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ShirleyC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English translation________ parece una muñeca de porcelana. Because of all that make-up she looks like a porcelain doll.De tanto como se maquilla.
Hola, I’m confused about the English translation, which uses the noun make-up (maquillaje in Spanish). However the Spanish uses the verb se maquilla, which I thought means to put on make up (Because of all the makeup she puts on..). Muchas gracias, Shirley.

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