Breakdown of ¿El banco requiere la escritura con el fin de calcular el interés?
de
from / of
el banco
bank
con
with
requerir
to require
calcular
to calculate
el fin
the purpose (aim, end)
la escritura
the deed
el interés
the interest
Questions & Answers about ¿El banco requiere la escritura con el fin de calcular el interés?
Why do we use the infinitive calcular here instead of the subjunctive?
Because we used con el fin de instead of con el fin de que. We drop the que and use the infinitive when the subject of both actions is the same (the bank requires the deed, and the bank will calculate the interest). If a different person were doing the second action, we would use con el fin de que plus the subjunctive.
Could I just use para instead of con el fin de in this sentence?
I thought escritura meant writing. Why does it mean deed here?
While la escritura usually means writing, in legal and real estate contexts it refers to an official document, specifically a property deed.
I see an extra letter in requiere. Is this a stem-changing verb?
Yes! The verb requerir (to require) has an e-to-ie stem change in the present tense. It follows the exact same pattern as its root verb querer (to want).
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