Spanish · Chapter 20 · Lesson 8 · Grammar primer
The subjunctive after emotion
me alegro de que, me molesta que, es una pena que - reactions and feelings trigger the subjunctive, even when the fact is true.
The short version
The fact can be true and still take subjunctive
This is the use that confuses everyone, because the thing you are reacting to is usually completely true. You say me alegro de que vengas precisely because you are coming. The mood is not marking doubt; it marks that the clause is the object of a feeling rather than a piece of news. Me molesta que llegas tarde is wrong however late he is.
Me alegro de que vengas.
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