Learn Spanish (Latin America): Pese a que no preveamos el clima, sobrellevaremos el problema. - Even if we don't foresee the weather, we will cope with the problem.

Pese a que no preveamos el clima, sobrellevaremos el problema.

Even if we don't foresee the weather, we will cope with the problem.

Breakdown of Pese a que no preveamos el clima, sobrellevaremos el problema.

despite the fact that

Questions & Answers about Pese a que no preveamos el clima, sobrellevaremos el problema.

Why is preveamos in the subjunctive here instead of the indicative?

Because pese a que introduces a hypothetical situation here, not a confirmed fact. By using the subjunctive preveamos, the speaker means 'Even if we don't foresee the weather' (a future possibility). If they had used the indicative prevemos, it would mean 'Even though we don't foresee the weather' (stating a known reality).

I sometimes struggle to conjugate prever. Why is the subjunctive form preveamos?

Prever (to foresee) is just the prefix pre- added to the verb ver (to see). To conjugate it, you simply use the forms of ver. Since the present subjunctive of ver for 'we' is veamos, this becomes preveamos.

Could I use aunque instead of pese a que?

Yes, you can. Aunque no preveamos el clima means the exact same thing. Pese a que is just a slightly more formal alternative to aunque, and it follows the exact same rule: use the subjunctive for hypothetical obstacles and the indicative for known facts.

How does sobrellevar differ from a verb like resolver (to resolve)?