Breakdown of Cuando encuentre un asistente bilingüe con experiencia, voy a descansar.
un
a, an (masculine)
descansar
to rest
con
with
ir
to go
a
to
encontrar
to find
el asistente
the assistant
cuando
when (statement)
bilingüe
bilingual
la experiencia
the experience
Questions & Answers about Cuando encuentre un asistente bilingüe con experiencia, voy a descansar.
Why is encuentre in the subjunctive here?
In Spanish, we use the subjunctive after cuando when we are talking about an action or event in the future that hasn't happened yet. Because you haven't found the assistant yet, you must use the subjunctive encuentre instead of the regular present tense encuentro.
Since we are talking about a person (an assistant), why isn't there a personal "a" before un asistente?
I know encontrar is a stem-changing verb. Does that change still happen in the subjunctive?
Why does bilingüe have those two dots over the u?
Those two dots are called a dieresis. In Spanish, when g is followed by ue or ui, the u is normally silent (like in guitarra). Putting the dots over the u tells you that you actually need to pronounce it, making a "gw" sound.
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