¿Hay otra posibilidad?

Ralph K.C1Kwiziq community member

¿Hay otra posibilidad?

I hope that you arrived last night.

Could you translate this as:

Espero que llegaras anoche

Mil gracias

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using the Spanish present perfect subjunctive after esperar que to express a completed action in the past"

Asked 4 years ago

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InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish TeacherCorrect answer

Hola Stavroula

With the timeframe "anoche" (last night) we'd prefer to use the imperfect subjunctive:

Espero que llegaras anoche.

The present perfect subjunctive would be more appropriate for a timeframe like "esta mañana", which puts us still inside that timeframe when we say it:

Espero que hayas llegado esta mañana.

Saludos

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InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher

Hola Ralph

Yes, absolutely! That is correct.

Inma

Like04 years ago

Stavroula P.B1Kwiziq community member

So, that means that in the example "I hope that you arrived last night", both preterito imperfecto and preterito perfecto are correct?

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