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Is this subjunctive or indicative in Spanish? How would the following sentence be translated? "I can't believe it was a year ago today?" Would the verb "was" be indicative because of the infinitive verb "creer"? All of the translator sites I have used say "was" would be "era" but I learned that when expressing doubt, the verb becomes subjunctive (fuera). So which is it? Thank you.

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Debes identificar el tipo de conjugación, se trata del pretérito subjuntivo y ambas formas de terminar la conjugación son perfectamente válidas. En paises como España, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica y México se utiliza de forma muy cotidiana la forma "fuera" y que cada vez cae más en desuso la forma "fuese". Pero las dos formas son correctas: I can't believe it was a year ago today - No puedo creer que FUERA/ FUESE hace un año, un dia como hoy.
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You should use subjunctive, it means "fuera".
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Here you must translate the verb to be by "Hacer": Hace un año que lo conocí --> It was a year when I know him. You can change into subjuntive: No puedo creer que haga un año que lo conocí --> I can´t believe it was a year when I know him. In you example: I can't believe it was a year ago today --> No puedo creer que haga un año hoy.
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Como lo dijo Anton es: No puedo creer que fuera hace un año.
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sí, tienes razón, es el subjuntivo. Si hay existe un dudo, indica el uso del subuntivo. Palabras las cuales introducen el subjuntivo: no creer que ... not to believe that ... no es cierto que ... it's not certain that ... no estar convencido de que ... to not be convinced that ... no estar seguro de que ... to not be sure that ... no es verdad que ... it's not true that ... no imaginarse que ... to not imagine that ... no parecer que ... to not seem that ... no pensar que ... to not think that ... no suponer que ... to not suppose that ... ojalá que ... if only he would ... a menos que ... unless ... antes (de) que ... before ... con tal (de) que ... provided that ... cuando ... when ... conviene que ... it is advisable that ... después (de) que ... after ... dudar que ... to doubt that ... en caso de que ... in case ... en cuanto ... as soon as ... es aconsejable que ... it's advisable that ... es bueno que ... it's good that ... es difícil que ... it's unlikely that ... es dudoso que ... it is doubtful that ... es fácil que ... it's likely that ... es fantástico que ... it's fantastic that ... es importante que ... it's important that ... es imposible que ... it's impossible that ... es improbable que ... it's unlikely that ... es incierto que ... it's uncertain that

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