Question 1

Why is the future tense estaré orgulloso used instead of the present tense estoy orgulloso?

Accepted Answer

We use estaré orgulloso (“I will be proud”) because the pride you’re talking about happens in the future—after you’ve mastered the verbs. If you said estoy orgulloso, you’d be stating that you’re proud right now, which doesn’t fit the idea of “once I’ve finished learning.”

Question 2

Why do we say estaré and not seré orgulloso?

Accepted Answer

In Spanish, estar orgulloso is the correct phrase for a temporary emotion of pride. Ser orgulloso describes someone who is proud as a personality trait (often meaning arrogant). To express “I will feel proud,” always use estar with orgulloso.

Question 3

Why is the verb domine in the subjunctive rather than the indicative (domino) or future (dominaré)?

Accepted Answer

After conjunctions of time like cuando, when referring to something that hasn’t happened yet, Spanish requires the present subjunctive. Since you’re talking about a future event (“when I master them”), you use domine. If it were something habitual or already happening, you’d use the indicative:

- Future event → cuando domine  
- Habitual action → cuando domino

Question 4

Can I include the pronoun and say cuando yo domine? Is yo necessary?

Accepted Answer

Yo is not necessary because the verb ending -e already shows first-person. You add yo only for emphasis or clarity:

- Without pronoun: Cuando domine todos los verbos irregulares…  
- With emphasis: Cuando yo domine todos los verbos irregulares…

Both are correct; the version without yo is more common.

Question 5

Why does domine look like a third-person form? Isn’t it the first-person subjunctive?

Accepted Answer

In the present subjunctive of –ar verbs, yo and él/ella/Ud. share the same ending. The full –ar subjunctive endings are:  
 • yo domine  
 • tú domines  
 • él/ella/Ud. domine  
 • nosotros dominemos  
 • ellos/Uds. dominen  
Context tells you that domine here is the first-person form.

Question 6

What’s the difference between dominar and conjugar? Shouldn’t I say conjugar todos los verbos?

Accepted Answer

Conjugar means “to conjugate” (i.e. list out all the forms of a verb). Dominar means “to master” (i.e. have full command of something). The sentence expresses the idea of fully mastering irregular verbs, not just writing out their conjugations.

Question 7

Why is también placed after Yo? Could I say Yo estaré también orgulloso?

Accepted Answer

You can move también, but each position slightly changes the emphasis:  
 • Yo también estaré orgulloso → “I, too, will be proud” (joining others’ pride).  
 • Yo estaré orgulloso también → “I will be proud as well” (perhaps adding to other feelings).  
 • Yo estaré también orgulloso → less common, a subtle mix of the above.  
The most natural, everyday option is Yo también estaré orgulloso.

Question 8

Why do we say todos los verbos irregulares instead of just todos los irregulares?

Accepted Answer

In Spanish, adjectives usually follow the noun they modify. Irregulares is describing verbos, so you need the noun:

• todos los verbos irregulares → “all the irregular verbs”

Leaving out verbos (todos los irregulares) would be unclear because irregulares by itself isn’t a noun in this context.

Question 9

Should there be a comma before cuando?

Accepted Answer

No. In Spanish, time clauses introduced by cuando that directly follow the main clause are not separated by a comma. The sentence flows as a single idea about a future moment without punctuation breaks.

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