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¡Qué alivio que abran una guardería nueva mañana!

¡Qué alivio que abran una guardería nueva mañana!
What a relief that they are opening a new daycare tomorrow!
From Lesson 292:Evaluative exclamations (¡Qué... que...!)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about ¡Qué alivio que abran una guardería nueva mañana!

Why do we use the subjunctive form abran here instead of the indicative abren?
The phrase ¡Qué alivio que...! (What a relief that...!) is an evaluative exclamation. It expresses an emotional reaction or judgment about a situation. In Spanish, when you use ¡Qué + [noun/adjective] + que..., the verb that follows must be in the subjunctive mood.
The sentence talks about something happening tomorrow (mañana), so why is abran in the present subjunctive rather than a future tense?
The present subjunctive in Spanish actually covers both the present and the future! Spanish does not have a commonly used future subjunctive in everyday speech. So, whether the daycare is opening right now or tomorrow, you always use the present subjunctive abran for this structure.
Who is the subject of abran in this sentence?
It is the impersonal "they" (ellos). Just like in English when we say "they are opening a new daycare" without specifying exactly who the owners or city planners are, Spanish uses the third-person plural (abran) to talk about an action where the specific actors are unknown or unimportant.
Does the word guardería come from the verb guardar?
Yes! The verb guardar means "to keep," "to put away," or "to protect." A guardería is a place where young children are kept safe and looked after, which translates to "daycare" or "nursery" in English.

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