Statements of opinion and the subjunctive mood

The subjunctive mood in Spanish is used after statements of doubt. Thus the subjunctive is used in "dudo que haga frío (I doubt it is cold, where haga is in the subjunctive mood). But statements of opinion — even when the opinion is expressed with less than full certainty — require the indicative mood. Thus one would say "me parece que hace frío" (it seems like it is cold, where hace is in the indicative mood). Learn more...