Learn Spanish (Latin America): Capaz que el cielo se despeja hoy y vemos el fenómeno. - Maybe the sky will clear up today and we'll see the phenomenon.

Capaz que el cielo se despeja hoy y vemos el fenómeno.

Maybe the sky will clear up today and we'll see the phenomenon.

Breakdown of Capaz que el cielo se despeja hoy y vemos el fenómeno.

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to see / to look / appear

Questions & Answers about Capaz que el cielo se despeja hoy y vemos el fenómeno.

Why are despeja and vemos in the present indicative instead of the subjunctive after capaz que?

In colloquial Latin American Spanish, capaz que can trigger either the indicative or the subjunctive. Using the indicative (despeja, vemos) means the speaker feels this outcome is quite likely or realistic. If they used the subjunctive (despeje, veamos), it would sound more doubtful or hypothetical.

Why do we use the present tense (despeja, vemos) if the English translation uses the future tense ("will clear up", "we'll see")?

Spanish often uses the present tense to talk about the near future, especially for things that are expected or planned. While you could use the future tense here, the present tense is very natural in everyday conversation for an event happening later hoy (today).

Why is there a se before despeja?

The verb here is the reflexive despejarse, which means to clear up (as in weather). The se shows that the sky is undergoing the change itself. Without se, the verb despejar means to clear something else, like clearing a path or a table.

Do you always have to use que after capaz?