All these verbs are present tense + present subjunctive. Can I use the same construction with the conditional, in those cases where we are “softening” a request?
Such as: “Yo prefería que regreses más pronto.”
Or does that need a different structure? Thank you!
Hola A,
the natural verb sequence would be:
Main clause in the conditional + que clause in the Imperfect subjunctive.
For example:
Preferiría que regresaras pronto.
Me gustaría que vinieses conmigo.
Estaría bien que nos fuéramos de vacaciones.
Using the present subjunctive after the conditional would sound slightly odd: "preferiría que regreses pronto" but you may hear it sometimes in spoken Spanish.
Saludos
Inma
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