Breakdown of Si la audición es buena, la participante puede impresionar al jurado.
ser
to be
bueno
good
al
personal a + the (m)
poder
to be able to
si
if
el jurado
the jury
el participante
the participant
la audición
the audition
impresionar
to impress
Questions & Answers about Si la audición es buena, la participante puede impresionar al jurado.
Why is es in the indicative here? Shouldn't si (if) trigger the subjunctive since it is a hypothetical situation?
It is a common trap! In Spanish, you never use the present subjunctive right after si when stating a possible or likely condition. Even though an audition being good is technically hypothetical, 'if + present tense' always uses the indicative mood (es).
Why does the sentence use la with participante? Doesn't the word end in '-e'?
Why is it al jurado instead of just el jurado?
This is the 'personal a' in action. When the direct object of a verb is a person or a specific group of people, you must put an a before it. Since jurado is masculine singular, the a combines with the article el to form the contraction al.
Jurado is singular here. Does it mean a single judge or the whole jury?
El jurado is a collective noun, meaning it is grammatically singular but refers to the entire group of judges. If you wanted to talk about a single judge on the panel, you would say el miembro del jurado or simply el juez or la jueza.
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