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By Gerald Erichsen, About.com Guide to Spanish Language since 1998

You might try translating this sentence

Thursday December 14, 2006
As you study Spanish, one aspect you'll focus on is the characteristics of verbs including tense — such as present, past and future — and mood — such as indicative, subjunctive and imperative.

However, when you're translating from English, sooner or later you'll run into a verb from English that just doesn't seem to fit into any of the neat categories you've learned. Take a sentence such as "I might study Spanish today." Is that in the present tense? Or future? And what mood is it in? However, those questions may not be the right ones to ask while you're translating. Instead, ask this: What does the sentence mean? Learn more about translating "might"...

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