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Spanish · Chapter 29 · Lesson 9 · Grammar primer

The subjunctive in relative clauses

busco a alguien que sepa, no hay nadie que pueda - when the noun a relative clause describes is unknown, wanted or non-existent, the verb goes subjunctive; when it is specific and real, it stays indicative.

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