"Sofia hopes that Adamo will come back soon."

Translation: Sofia esperas, ke Adamo baldaŭ revenos.

[trucktiger]

The adventures of Sofia and Adamo are my favourite thing about Duo Esperanto

[bjoholm]

is the subjunctive technically incorrect here? "revenus"?

[jxetkubo]

Technically, Esperanto has got no subjunctive, but a conditional form. PMEG calls it "imaga modo" (imagine mode). Do not apply Spanish grammar rules to Esperanto.

[bjoholm]

thanks! but are you saying that "revenus" is technically incorrect in this case?

[jxetkubo]

Yes, I am. "Revenus" translates as "would come back" or "might come back". The original English sentence gives us no hint to use a conditional form here.

[liammcniff]

What about "revenu"? According to this https://adventuresinesperanto.wordpress.com/tag/subjunctive/ and this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jussive_mood#Esperanto the Jussive mode (ending with "u") is used as the subjunctive (although it isn't used with esperi, like in French)

[Joffysloffy]

@jxetkubo
How do you mean “English has no subjunctive”? It most certainly does. (I suggest that you Google it (← that's a subjunctive right there…).)

[JamesTWils]

Were it not true that English had no subjunctive, I might agree with you.

[jxetkubo]

If you reed the Wikipedia article carefully, you will find that Esperanto has a volitive (-u), but not a subjunctive. For some cases that this u-form is used for in Esperanto some other languages use the subjunctive. This is no help here because this an English-Esperanto course and the examples cannot be transferred to English because English has no subjunctive. In fact, it does not change the mood of the subclause, but of the mainclause. I can not see how it would be useful to explain something quite simple with a reference to a complex mood system of third language which also works differently. But also in French « espérer que … » is not used with subjuncitf, but with indicatif. :-)

[arbaro]

I think the subjunctive would be correct (you're describing an imagined state of being, after all) but using the future tense seems more natural to me.

[bjoholm]

Thanks! I am confused, because in Spanish, for instance, I think most people would use the subjunctive in this case

[JamesBulls]

I'm also confused about this sentence. According to what we learned in the lesson about the Imperative, I thought that the correct translation should be:

Sofia esperas ke Adamo baldaux revenu

"Revenu" takes the imperative because Adamo's return is not just her desire or preference, but also joined with "ke." Cxu ne?

[traevoli]

Yes, "revenu" is arguably the best translation, so I have reported this.

[Fingtam]

This is also exactly what I thought.

[cdub4language]

The plot thickens!

[RStoltzfoos]

Isn't "baldaux" functioning as an adverb here? Shouldn't it have an -e ending? Or is this an exception to Esperanto grammar?

[Joffysloffy]

You are right that baldaŭ functions as an adverb here. But baldaŭ itself already is an adverb, so there is no need to add an -e ending. See aŭ ending in Wiktionary.

[donovan595674]

I am also confused about this. Can someone clarify?

[aynrandssidehoe]

Is "Adamo tuj revenos" also okay?

[Joffysloffy]

Tuj is more ‘right away’, ‘immediately’ or ‘in a second/minute’, whereas baldaŭ is just ‘soon’. So tuj is sooner than baldaŭ.