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Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide

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Saying how certain one is of something 49.1Tendrá mucho éxito.He/she will be very successful.Aprobarás el examen.You will pass the examination.No llegarán allí a tiempo.They won’t get there on time.49.1.3Weak certainty and uncertaintyTo express weak certainty or uncertainty, use expressions like the following:No sé si . . . ‘I don’t know whether . . .’No estoy seguro ‘I’m not sure’No estoy seguro de + pronoun ‘I’m not sure of + pronoun’No estoy seguro de que + subjunctive ‘I’m not sure that . . .’No creo que + subjunctive ‘I don’t think that . . .’Me pregunto si . . . ‘I wonder if . . .’puede ser ‘maybe’a lo mejor (. . .)/quizá(s) (. . .)/tal vez (. . .) ‘perhaps (. . .)’No sé si iré.I’m not sure whether I’ll go.¿Crees que nos llamará? – No estoy seguro/a.Do you think he/she will call us? – I’m not sure.No estoy seguro/a de eso.I’m not sure of that.Me pregunto si hablará español.I wonder if he/she speaks <strong>Spanish</strong>.¿Crees que me recibirá?Do you think he/she will receive me?Puede ser.Maybe.Note that the negative expressions No estoy seguro de que . . . , ‘I’m not sure that’, andNo creo que . . . , ‘I don’t think that . . .’ are followed by a subjunctive.No estoy seguro/a de que sea así.I’m not sure it’s like that.No creo que aparezca.I don’t think it will appear.Compare these with the positive sentences: 29318.1.5 (p. 85)Estoy seguro/a de que es así.I’m sure it’s like that.Creo que aparecerá.I think it will appear.

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