Breakdown of Fue fantástico que el cantante deslumbrara a los fanáticos.
ser
to be
los
the (masculine plural)
el cantante
the singer
que
that / than
fantástico
fantastic
el fanático
fan
deslumbrar
to dazzle
a
personal 'a' (marks a human direct object)
Questions & Answers about Fue fantástico que el cantante deslumbrara a los fanáticos.
Why does this sentence use the imperfect subjunctive form deslumbrara?
The main clause Fue fantástico is a past-tense judgment or evaluation. Whenever you express an emotion or opinion in the past about another action, the verb following que must be in the imperfect subjunctive.
Why is it Fue fantástico (preterite) rather than Era fantástico (imperfect)?
Using the preterite Fue frames the singer's performance as a single, completed event. If you were talking about an ongoing or repeated past situation (for example, if it used to be fantastic every time he toured), you would use the imperfect Era.
Could I use deslumbrase instead of deslumbrara here?
Yes, deslumbrase is the other valid form of the imperfect subjunctive and means the exact same thing. Both are grammatically correct, though the -ra ending is much more common in Latin American Spanish.
Why is there an a right before los fanáticos?
This is the personal a. Even though the fans are the direct object receiving the action of being dazzled, Spanish requires this preposition before a direct object when it refers to specific, animate people.
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