Breakdown of Pienso que es imposible terminar el informe hoy.
ser
to be
hoy
today
pensar
to think
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
Questions & Answers about Pienso que es imposible terminar el informe hoy.
The current lesson is about using 'para mí' to give an opinion. Could I say 'Para mí, es imposible...' instead of 'Pienso que...' here?
Why does this sentence use 'es' instead of the subjunctive 'sea' after 'Pienso que'?
In Spanish, affirmative verbs of thinking or believing, like pienso que or creo que, declare a fact from the speaker's perspective, so they are followed by the normal indicative mood (es). You only use the subjunctive if you make the phrase negative, as in: No pienso que sea imposible.
Why is it just 'terminar' and not 'que terminar' or 'de terminar'?
When you have an impersonal expression like es imposible (it is impossible) followed directly by an action, you just attach the infinitive verb (terminar) directly. You don't need to add linking words like que or de between them.