Breakdown of Cuando anuncian el racionamiento, explican el problema municipal.
el problema
the problem
explicar
to explain
cuando
when (statement)
anunciar
to announce
municipal
municipal
el racionamiento
the rationing
Questions & Answers about Cuando anuncian el racionamiento, explican el problema municipal.
Why is anuncian in the indicative mood here instead of the subjunctive?
After cuando, you use the indicative mood for habitual actions or general facts, translating closer to "whenever they announce." You only use the subjunctive after cuando if you are talking about a specific event that hasn't happened yet (the future).
How could we rewrite this sentence to say the rationing is due to the problem, using this lesson's grammar?
You could use debido a or a causa de. For example: Anuncian el racionamiento debido al problema municipal (They announce the rationing due to the municipal problem). Remember that the preposition a followed by the article el must contract to al.
Who is doing the announcing and explaining if there is no subject pronoun?
The verbs anuncian and explican are in the "they" form. In Spanish, this third-person plural form is frequently used for impersonal statements, similar to the English passive voice ("When rationing is announced..."). You don't need to add ellos unless you are emphasizing a specific group of people you already mentioned.
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