Breakdown of No veo la necesidad de discutir.
de
from / of
no
no, not
ver
to see / to look / appear
discutir
to argue / to discuss
la necesidad
the need
Questions & Answers about No veo la necesidad de discutir.
Since this lesson is about using the subjunctive, why is the infinitive (discutir) used here instead?
We use the infinitive here because there is no que introducing a new subject. The sentence makes a general statement about 'the need to argue'. If you wanted to specify who is arguing, you would use que plus the subjunctive: No veo la necesidad de que discutamos (I don't see the need for us to argue).
Why does discutir mean 'to argue' here? Doesn't it mean 'to discuss'?
Why do we need the preposition de before discutir?
In Spanish, when a noun (like necesidad) is followed by an infinitive verb that describes or completes it, you must connect them with the preposition de. You cannot put a noun and an infinitive directly together, so 'the need to argue' becomes la necesidad de discutir.
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