Breakdown of Podemos compartir el departamento con tal de que establezcamos los quehaceres.
de
from / of
los
the (masculine plural)
compartir
to share
el departamento
the apartment
con
with
poder
to be able to / can
que
that / than
tal
such (used in 'con tal de que' = provided that)
establecer
to establish
el quehacer
chore
Questions & Answers about Podemos compartir el departamento con tal de que establezcamos los quehaceres.
Why do we use the subjunctive establezcamos here instead of the indicative establecemos?
The phrase con tal de que (provided that) always triggers the subjunctive. It sets up a strict condition for an action that hasn't happened yet, so Spanish uses the subjunctive to show that sharing the apartment depends entirely on this requirement being met.
Can I drop the de and just say con tal que establezcamos?
Yes, in casual spoken Latin American Spanish you will frequently hear con tal que. However, con tal de que is the formally correct version. Both mean the same thing and both always require the subjunctive.
Could we use an infinitive here and say con tal de establecer?
Why does the spelling change to include a z in establezcamos?
Is departamento the best word to use for apartment? I previously learned piso.
Departamento is the standard and most natural word for an apartment in Latin America. Piso is widely used in Spain, but in Latin America, piso almost always means the floor you walk on or a level of a building.
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