Breakdown of No creo que la conclusión sea lógica.
ser
to be
no
no, not
que
that / than
creer
to believe
lógico
logical
la conclusión
the conclusion
Questions & Answers about No creo que la conclusión sea lógica.
Why does this sentence use sea instead of es?
Because the sentence starts with no creo que (I don't believe that). Denying a belief or expressing doubt triggers the subjunctive mood in Spanish. Since you are stating you don't believe it, you must use the subjunctive sea. If it were an affirmative belief like creo que (I believe that), you would use the indicative es.
If I wanted to say 'I believe the conclusion is logical', how would the sentence change?
You would say Creo que la conclusión es lógica. By changing it to an affirmative belief (creo que), you remove the element of doubt. This means you must switch the verb from the subjunctive sea back to the normal indicative es.
Why do we use a form of ser (sea) here instead of estar (esté)?
Why does the word lógica have an accent mark?
In Spanish, words naturally stress the second-to-last syllable if they end in a vowel, n, or s. However, in lógica, the stress falls on the third-to-last syllable (ló-gi-ca). Any word with the stress on the third-to-last syllable always gets a written accent mark to show it breaks the normal pronunciation rule.
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