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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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Have a lot of Verbs tenses that we don't use

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