Breakdown of ¡Ojalá aprendamos de este conflicto!
aprender
to learn
de
from
este
this (m.sg., also esta, estos, estas, esto)
ojalá
hopefully / I hope (that)
el conflicto
the conflict
Questions & Answers about ¡Ojalá aprendamos de este conflicto!
Why is the verb aprendamos instead of aprendemos?
The word ojalá expresses a strong hope or wish, and it always triggers the subjunctive mood. Because of this, we must use the present subjunctive form aprendamos rather than the normal present tense aprendemos.
Where is the word que? Shouldn't it be ojalá que?
Unlike most other subjunctive triggers that require que (like espero que), the word que is entirely optional after ojalá. Saying ¡Ojalá aprendamos! means exactly the same thing as ¡Ojalá que aprendamos!
How do we build the present subjunctive form aprendamos?
I sometimes mix up este and esto. Why is it este conflicto here?
conflicto is a masculine singular noun, so it takes the masculine singular adjective este (this). You only use esto when referring to a general concept, situation, or an unknown object, and esto is never placed directly in front of a noun.
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