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What is the Indicative Mood?What is the Indicative Mood?

A statement in the indicative mood indicates certainty.

Expressions of certainty indicate that in the speaker’s mind, the event described is a fact.

Expressions of certainty are followed by a verb in the indicative mood

Example: Es cierto que José está bien informado. It’s true that José is well-informed.

The indicative is a mood, not a tense

A statement in the indicative mood indicates certainty.

Expressions of certainty indicate that in the speaker’s mind, the event described is a fact.

Expressions of certainty are followed by a verb in the indicative mood

Example: Es cierto que José está bien informado. It’s true that José is well-informed.

The indicative is a mood, not a tense

The Indicative in Comparison With the SubjunctiveThe Indicative in Comparison With the Subjunctive

Indicative Example: Me parece que hoy va a llover.

Subjunctive Example: No creo que llueva hoy.

The difference is that the subjunctive has an expression of doubt, opposite of the expressions of certainty that are associated with the indicative

Indicative Example: Me parece que hoy va a llover.

Subjunctive Example: No creo que llueva hoy.

The difference is that the subjunctive has an expression of doubt, opposite of the expressions of certainty that are associated with the indicative

Common Expressions of CertaintyCommon Expressions of Certainty

These expressions are triggers or hints that the sentence is in the indicative mood.

These expressions are triggers or hints that the sentence is in the indicative mood.

claro que clear that

es cierto que its true that

es evidente que

its evident that

es obvio que obviously

está claro que it is clear thatestar convencido

queto be satisfied

that

estar seguro que

to be sure that

me parece que

I think that

no cabe duda de que no doubt