Breakdown of Me fascina que hayáis comprado un cuadro vanguardista.
un
a, an, some
comprar
to buy
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
me
to me / myself (reflexive) / me (direct object)
el cuadro
the painting
haber
to have (auxiliary)
vanguardista
avant-garde
fascinar
to fascinate
Questions & Answers about Me fascina que hayáis comprado un cuadro vanguardista.
Why do we use the subjunctive hayáis comprado here instead of the normal present perfect habéis comprado?
The verb fascina expresses a strong emotion or reaction. When the main clause expresses an emotion about what a different subject did, the subordinate clause (the part after que) must use the subjunctive mood. Because the buying is a completed past action that triggered a present emotion, we use the Present Perfect Subjunctive (hayáis comprado).
How is the verb fascinar functioning in this sentence?
Which pronoun does the form hayáis belong to?
It belongs to vosotros, the informal plural "you" used in Spain. The present subjunctive of the helping verb haber for vosotros is hayáis. If this sentence were addressed to a formal group or spoken in Latin America, it would use the ustedes form: hayan comprado.
Since cuadro is a masculine noun, shouldn't the adjective be vanguardisto?
No, because adjectives ending in the suffix -ista (like vanguardista, optimista, or perfeccionista) are invariable for gender. They keep the exact same ending whether they describe a masculine or feminine noun. They only change to show number, by adding an "-s" if the noun is plural.
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