Breakdown of En caso de que el viajero destruya la ciudad, intentemos revertir el daño.
de
from / of
en
in / on / at
la ciudad
the city
que
that / than
la
the (feminine)
intentar
to try
el caso
the case
destruir
to destroy
el daño
the damage / the harm
el viajero
the traveler
revertir
to revert
Questions & Answers about En caso de que el viajero destruya la ciudad, intentemos revertir el daño.
Why is destruya in the subjunctive here?
The phrase en caso de que (in case that) always requires the subjunctive. It introduces a condition or contingency that may or may not happen, so Spanish treats the outcome as hypothetical.
Where does the 'y' come from in destruya?
For verbs ending in -uir (like destruir, construir, or huir), you add a y before endings that start with a, o, or e. This happens in the regular present tense (like él destruye) and forms the base for the entire present subjunctive.
Is intentemos also in the subjunctive?
Yes, but here it is functioning as a command. To say "let's do something" in Spanish, you use the nosotros form of the present subjunctive. In this case, intentemos translates to "let's try."
Why isn't there a preposition like a or de between intentemos and revertir?
It simply depends on the main verb. While a similar verb like tratar requires de (as in tratemos de revertir), the verb intentar connects directly to an infinitive without needing any preposition.
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