Learn Spanish (Spain): Si la audición es buena, la participante puede impresionar al jurado. - If the audition is good, the participant can impress the jury.

Si la audición es buena, la participante puede impresionar al jurado.

If the audition is good, the participant can impress the jury.

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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'?

Nouns ending in -ante (which usually describe someone doing an action, like participating) are often invariable. This means the word itself does not change to end in '-a' for a woman. You just change the article to match the person's gender, making it la participante (the female participant).

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?