Breakdown of Revisamos el informe a fin de que el equipo pueda fortalecer la estrategia.
de
from / of
a
to
poder
to be able to / can
que
that / than
revisar
to check
el informe
the report
el equipo
the team
la estrategia
the strategy
el fin
the purpose (aim, end)
fortalecer
to strengthen
Questions & Answers about Revisamos el informe a fin de que el equipo pueda fortalecer la estrategia.
Why is pueda in the subjunctive instead of the indicative?
The phrase a fin de que expresses purpose, meaning 'so that' or 'in order that'. It always triggers the subjunctive because the action that follows is an intended goal or desire, not a guaranteed or established fact.
Since revisamos is translated here as the past tense 'we reviewed', why is pueda in the present subjunctive rather than the past subjunctive?
In Spanish, you can mix a past tense main verb with a present subjunctive dependent verb if the intended goal is still in the future at the moment you are speaking. We reviewed the report in the past, but the team's opportunity to strengthen the strategy is still happening now or in the future. If the goal was completely in the past, you would use pudiera.
Could I shorten this and use the infinitive, saying a fin de poder?
No, because there is a subject change. You only use a fin de plus an infinitive when the subject is the same in both halves of the sentence. Here, the first subject is 'we' (revisamos) and the second subject is the team (el equipo), so you must use the full phrase a fin de que followed by a conjugated verb.
I always forget, is revisamos present or past tense?
It can be either! For regular -ar verbs, the nosotros form is identical in both the present tense and the preterite (simple past). You have to rely on context to know that it means 'we reviewed' here rather than 'we review'.
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