LingoflyProbability and conclusion: pot ser que, segur que, per tant, és a dir
Doubt asks for a special form: pot ser que plus subjuntiu, the form for what is not yet real. Pot ser que ploga, porta el paraigües. For example: “Pot ser que ploga, porta el paraigües” — Maybe it will rain, take the umbrella. A rule from the Valencian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Doubt asks for a special form: pot ser que plus subjuntiu, the form for what is not yet real. Pot ser que ploga, porta el paraigües.
Confidence does not call for it: segur que plus an ordinary tense — surely. Segur que ve, mai falta a una festa.
A conclusion draws the line: per tant — therefore. Ha plogut tres dies seguits; per tant, el camp està feliç.
And és a dir means "that is": it reassembles the thought. No m'agrada, és a dir, m'agrada la idea, però no el preu.
Table
| expression | mood | example |
|---|---|---|
| pot ser que + subjuntiu | doubt | pot ser que ploga |
| segur que + indicative | confidence | segur que ve |
| per tant | conclusion | per tant, el camp està feliç |
| és a dir | clarification | és a dir, la idea és bona |
By example
- Pot ser que ploga, porta el paraigüesMaybe it will rain, take the umbrella
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Probability and conclusion: how does it work in Valencian?
Doubt asks for a special form: pot ser que plus subjuntiu, the form for what is not yet real. Pot ser que ploga, porta el paraigües.
What does it look like in a Valencian example sentence?
“Pot ser que ploga, porta el paraigües” — Maybe it will rain, take the umbrella. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.