Breakdown of El presidente del club dice que no va a dimitir.
no
no / not
del
of the / from the / about the (topic)
ir
to go
a
to
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
decir
to say / to tell
dimitir
to resign
el club
the club
el presidente
the president
Questions & Answers about El presidente del club dice que no va a dimitir.
Why is the indicative verb va used here instead of the subjunctive vaya?
When decir (to say/tell) is used to report a fact or a statement, the following verb is in the indicative mood, like va here. We only use the subjunctive after decir que if it is being used to give a command or order. For example, if the sentence meant 'He tells him to resign', it would be Dice que dimita.
Could we use the future tense dimitirá instead of va a dimitir?
Yes! No dimitirá (he will not resign) and no va a dimitir (he is not going to resign) mean almost exactly the same thing. In spoken Spanish, the ir a + infinitive structure (va a dimitir) is extremely common when talking about someone's firm intentions or immediate plans.
How do we know who isn't going to resign if there is no pronoun before va?
What if the club president is a woman? Does the word presidente change?
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