Word
Dudo que el girasol haya florecido; ¡cuánto llueve!
Meaning
I doubt that the sunflower has bloomed; how much it rains!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Dudo que el girasol haya florecido; ¡cuánto llueve!
cuánto
how much / how many
llover
to rain
que
that / than
haber
(auxiliary) have
Questions & Answers about Dudo que el girasol haya florecido; ¡cuánto llueve!
Why do we use ¡cuánto llueve! here, and could I say ¡cómo llueve! instead?
Why doesn't cuánto change its ending in this sentence?
Why is it haya florecido instead of the regular present perfect ha florecido?
The phrase Dudo que (I doubt that) shows uncertainty, which triggers the subjunctive mood. Because the blooming is an action that would have already happened before now, we use the present perfect subjunctive (haya + past participle) rather than the present subjunctive.
What is the infinitive of florecido?