Breakdown of No creo que el abuelo sea sordo y dudo que esté dispuesto a escuchar.
ser
to be
y
and
no
no, not
el abuelo
the grandfather
estar
to be (location/state)
escuchar
to listen
a
to
que
that / than
creer
to believe
dudar
to doubt
dispuesto
handy / willing, ready
sordo
deaf
Questions & Answers about No creo que el abuelo sea sordo y dudo que esté dispuesto a escuchar.
Why are the verbs sea and esté used instead of es and está?
The phrases no creo que (I do not believe that) and dudo que (I doubt that) express doubt or denial. When you express doubt about a statement, Spanish requires the following verb to be in the subjunctive mood. That is why we use the subjunctive forms sea (from ser) and esté (from estar).
Could I use estar and say el abuelo esté sordo?
Why do we use estar with dispuesto? Does it mean something different with ser?
Why is there an a between dispuesto and escuchar?
In Spanish, the adjective dispuesto is always followed by the preposition a when you connect it to an action (an infinitive verb). Just like we say willing to listen in English, you must say dispuesto a escuchar in Spanish.
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