How do you say? I think it's great
that Carmen comes to the party or I think it's great that Carmen comes to the party.
Is the subjunctive or indicative used? If you want to know the answer, please
watch the video until the end. Agree? Until the end.
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It seems to me that this week I am going to talk about cinema in my Spanish class, yes.
I'm going to talk about cinema.
It seems to me that my students like cinema a lot, yes, it seems to me that my students like cinema a lot, but
I think they don't know much about Spanish cinema or Latin American cinema.
For example, it seems to me that the majority of students do not know who this man is
or what he does or where he is from…
Yes, this week I think
I am going to talk about this man…
What is his name? I have a very bad memory, huh?
What is your name? It seems to me that his name begins with J, like my name, but it is not Juan,
no, it is not Juan, it is… What is it like? I think his name is… I think his name is… Julio? No….
Ah, yes, I think his name is Javier… and his last name, his last name… I never remember
his last name… it seems to me that his name is… He has a very famous last name because I think his uncle ...
Yes, his uncle, his uncle. .. it seems to me that your uncle was a very famous film director too.
And his mother, yes, it seems to me that his mother is also
a very famous movie actress. Anyway, it seems to me that almost all of his family is dedicated to the cinema ...
Yes, yes, yes ...!
Javier, I think his name is Javier! Yes. And it's Spanish. I think it's from Barcelona, ​​right?
Or maybe from Madrid? I don't know, I'm not sure ... I think it's from Barcelona, ​​but I'm not sure ...
I don't remember. Anyway, from Madrid or Barcelona, ​​he is Spanish, a very famous Spanish actor.
It seems to me that he has made very famous films and I think that he is well known all over the world, yes.
I think he has also made films in the US, in Hollywood. Yes, it seems to me that he has worked in the US.
I like a lot. I think he's a great actor. And it seems to me that he is married, right?
The truth is that I do not follow the private lives of the actors much, but it seems to me that he is married to ...
Who? Ah, yes, yes, it seems to me that he is married to Penelope Cruz… yes, I think so. And it seems to me that they
have a son, right? I don't know, now I don't remember ... Anyway, yes, it seems to me that next week I'm going
to talk about Javier Bardem in Spanish class.
Well, have you understood the story so far?
Have you seen how I use "seems to me that" and "I think that"?
When we give our opinion using I think or it seems to me that,
we do not use the subjunctive, okay? We use the indicative.
For example, it seems to me that he is married, it seems to me that he is from Barcelona, ​​it seems to me that he has a son…
Okay? Come on! We continue with our story. Attention!
All the girls I know say that he is very handsome.
They say that Javier Bardem is a very handsome man.
To me, the truth is, I don't think he's that handsome. I think it's a bit ugly, right?
I don't know, I don't think he's particularly handsome,
I think he's a bit, yes, I think he's a bit ugly ...
For example, the nose. JB doesn't look like a pretty nose to me, no.
I think he has too big a nose ... And he doesn't seem too thin to me, right?
I think he's a bit fat ...
Anyway, don't you think Javier Bardem is a bit ugly?
Come on, I don't think it's really ugly.
I don't think Javier Bardem is ugly. No, is not that.
I think that JB is, I think he is, what is called "an ugly handsome" ...
Do you know what an ugly handsome is? An ugly man is an ugly man, he
is an ugly man, but he has something special, he has something special that attracts women ...
Because, let's face it, the handsome man, the really handsome man, the man ...
Yes, the man who is really handsome… women
don't really like…
I don't think women really like very, very handsome men.
I think very handsome men,
I don't know,
I think very handsome men are a bit feminine.
Handsome men have something feminine, right? I believe that the man who really attracts
women is the ugly man,
the ugly man who has something special, something that makes him attractive…
It seems to me that women are especially attracted to the handsome ugly man.
The ugly result.
It doesn't seem to me that women are attracted to very, very handsome men, no.
I think women like a little ugly man better, but that he has something,
that he has something attractive, something that makes him, I don't know, something that makes him special, maybe more masculine,
I don't know ... it's difficult to explain …
For example, Humphrey Bogart. HB, the American actor… You
all know him, right?
It doesn't seem like HB was handsome to me, no.
He doesn't seem handsome to me.
In fact he had a scar on his lip, he couldn't speak well ...
but women liked him, he really liked him ...
Anyway, I don't think that JB is a particularly handsome man,
but I think he has something special, something that he doesn't I know what it is, what makes it really attractive.
Have you understood this part of the story? Have you seen how I use
“I don't think so” and “I don't think so”?
When we say I believe that or it seems to me that, we use the indicative
but when we give our opinion with “I don't think that” and “I don't
think that”, then we use the subjunctive. For example: I don't think JB is handsome,
I don't think he's thin, I don't think he has a pretty nose, I don't think HB was handsome…
Okay? Well now we are going to see the last part of the story.
Anyway, yes, it seems to me that this week I am going to talk about JB in my Spanish class.
I don't think JB is a particularly handsome man, but I think I'm going to talk about him in Spanish class
because I think he's a great actor, I think he's made very good films…
But it's unfair! Yes, it is unfair!
I'm sorry, but it seems unfair to me…
It seems unfair to me that there are handsome men and ugly men.
I find it unfair that JB is more handsome than me
or that he attracts women more than me.
It seems unfair to me that he makes movies and I don't.
It seems unfair to me that all women say "Oh, Javier, how handsome you are ...!" and ignore me.
I find it depressing that they ignore me. It seems very bad to me, really.
It seems terrible to me that he is a famous actor and I am not.
It seems terrible to me that he has much more money than I do.
I find it incredible that he speaks better English than I do. It seems terrible to me that he has more hair than me ...
And above all, what seems worse to me, what seems fatal to me, what seems terrible to me,
what seems absurd to me, what seems unfair to me,
is that he is married with PC and not me.
It seems very unfair that he has a child with CP and I don't…
Why? Why not him and me? Let's see,
someone explain it to me ...
Anyway , in short ...
It seems to me that JB is a very good actor, that he has made very good films,
but I do not think that he is a particularly handsome man ...
however, it seems to me It is unfair that he is more handsome than me and it seems fatal to me
that he is married to Penelope Cruz and I am not…
Life does not seem fair to me!
Sorry, but I have to be honest. Life doesn't seem fair to me.
You have understood? Do you understand?
Have you understood this part of the story?
Have you understood how I use it (good, bad, unfair, terrible, absurd, good, logical, etc) that?
When we give our opinion with "it seems to me that", the subjunctive is not used.
For example, it seems to me that today is Monday. But when we add a
positive or negative assessment (I think it is good, bad, terrible, unfair, positive, negative,
absurd ...), then, friends, then we must use the subjunctive.
Yes, then you have to use the subjunctive.
For example, it seems terrible to me that today is Monday.
Is it clear?
Now, well,
now, I hope you know what the answer is to the question I asked you at the beginning of the video:
How do you say it? Is it great
that Carmen is coming to the party? Or is it great that Carmen comes to the party?
Is the subjunctive or indicative used?
The answer is, of course,
I think it's great that Carmen is coming to the party.
With the subjunctive.
And now, if you want to practice a little more,
I advise you to go to our blog, because there I have put an exercise to
practice the use of it seems to me, okay?
Oh, I have also put the transcript
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