Lesson 82

It's Good That, It's Bad That

Language Transfer Complete Spanish is by Mihalis Eleftheriou. Listen to the original audio first; use these notes for revision.

Es/está + adjective + que → subjunctive works for both present and past:

Era = was (imperfect of ser — think of English "era" = a line in time).

Lo + adjective = "the ___ thing." This lets you AVOID the subjunctive: Instead of "es importante que..." say "lo importante es que..." (the important thing is that...).

Volver a = to do again. Es increíble que vuelvan a hacerlo = It's incredible they're doing it again.

Sentences practiced

Spanish	English
No es muy relevante.	It's not very relevant.
No es muy relevante que lo encontraran.	It's not very relevant that they found it. (past subj)
No es muy relevante que lo encuentren.	It's not very relevant that they find it. (present subj)
Era muy relevante.	It was very relevant.
Era muy relevante que lo encontraran.	It was very relevant that they found it.
Lo increíble es que vuelven a hacerlo.	The incredible thing is they do it again. (no subj needed)
Es increíble que vuelvan a hacerlo.	It's incredible they do it again. (subj)
Es increíble que volvieran a hacerlo.	It's incredible they did it again. (past subj)