subjonctive o future subjonctive
Será mais fácil caso ele me ajude.
Será mais fácil se ele me ajudar.
Both are correct, but I don´t understand why one needs infinitive and the other needs subjonctive. Is it just a matter of caso + subj and se + infinitive or is there a logic behind it.
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Both need subjunctive but "caso" needs present subjunctive and "se" needs future subjunctive in this situation. This is somewhat arbitrary but is related to that "caso" has more a sense of the present than the future and "se" a sense of the future than the present, in these contexts.
Be aware that most times subjunctive future is equal to personal infitive but not always.
Subjunctive future:
amar; pôr
se eu amar, se eu puser
se tu amares, se tu puseres
se ele amar, se ele puser
se nós amarmos, se nós pusermos
se vós amardes, se vós puserdes
se eles amarem, se eles puserem
Personal Infnitive:
amar, pôr
por eu amar, por eu pôr
por tu amares, por tu pores
por ele amar, por ele pôr
por nós amarmos, por nós pormos
por vós amardes, por vós pordes
por eles amarem, por eles porem
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Caso ele me ajude: expressa possibilidade.
In case he helps me...
And:
Se ele me ajudar: expressa possibilidade.
If he helps me...
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I looking for someone to practice, claro se voce puder eu adoraria.....
Entao vamos praticar
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