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La barrera natural de árboles hace que el jardín sea muy tranquilo.
Meaning
The natural barrier of trees makes the garden very peaceful.
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Breakdown of La barrera natural de árboles hace que el jardín sea muy tranquilo.
ser
to be
muy
very
de
of
que
that
Questions & Answers about La barrera natural de árboles hace que el jardín sea muy tranquilo.
Why is the verb sea in the subjunctive and not the indicative es?
In Spanish the construction hacer que (“to make/cause that”) is followed by a clause of result, and such clauses take the subjunctive mood. Therefore we use sea, the present subjunctive of ser, rather than the indicative es.
Why do we use ser (as in sea) instead of estar (as in esté) for tranquilo?
Ser tranquilo describes a lasting or inherent quality (“the garden is generally calm”), while estar tranquilo describes a temporary state (“the garden is calm right now”). Since the tree barrier gives the garden a continual, characteristic peacefulness, ser in subjunctive (sea) is the more appropriate choice.
Could we say hace el jardín muy tranquilo instead of hace que el jardín sea muy tranquilo?
Although you can technically use hacer + direct object + adjective (e.g. hace el jardín muy tranquilo), the more idiomatic and widely accepted pattern for “causing something to be X” in Spanish is hacer que + subjunctive. That structure feels more natural in both spoken and written contexts.
Why is it barrera natural de árboles and not barrera de árboles natural or ?