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Mi primo asegura que el pasillo será más seguro después de decorar las paredes.
Meaning
My cousin assures that the hallway will be safer after we decorate the walls.
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Breakdown of Mi primo asegura que el pasillo será más seguro después de decorar las paredes.
ser
to be
mi
my
después de
after
que
that
Questions & Answers about Mi primo asegura que el pasillo será más seguro después de decorar las paredes.
What does Mi primo asegura que mean, and how would you translate asegurar in this context?
It literally means "My cousin assures (that)". Here asegurar doesn’t mean “to ensure” (garantizar) but rather “to state/claim/assert” something. A natural translation would be:
- “My cousin claims that…”
- “My cousin says that…”
- “My cousin assures (me) that…”
Why is there a que after asegura?
Because asegurar used with a subordinate clause requires the conjunction que to introduce what is being asserted. The pattern is:
- asegura que + [clause]
Just like English “claims that,” “says that,” etc. Without que, the sentence would be incomplete.
Why is será used instead of es?
Será is the simple future of ser (“to be”). The speaker isn’t describing a current fact but predicting a future condition:
- es más seguro = “it is safer” (now)
- será más seguro = “it will be safer” (later, after the walls are decorated)
Could we use va a ser instead of será? If so, is there any nuance?