Giving Opinions
Giving Opinions
Opinion phrases are where your subjunctive knowledge starts paying off in real conversation — some opinion openers trigger it, and some don't, depending on a pattern you already know.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
Opinion verbs follow the same certainty rule as creer
creo que tiene razón (I think he's right, indicative) vs. no creo que tenga razón (I don't think he's right, subjunctive)
I think he's right / I don't think he's right — 'is' never changes
Opinion phrases like en mi opinión, creo que, and me parece que all follow the exact same certainty-based mood rule you learned for creer: affirmative opinions take the indicative, negated ones take the subjunctive. This lesson is really just creer's rule applied to a whole family of related opinion-giving phrases.
'A mi parecer' and similar phrases don't take que
a mi parecer, tiene razón (in my view, he's right) — no que connecting clause
in my view, he's right — also no connecting word needed
Some opinion openers, like a mi parecer (in my view) or desde mi punto de vista (from my point of view), stand alone at the front of the sentence without needing que to link them to what follows — unlike creo que, which structurally requires it. These work more like an adverbial phrase than a verb introducing a clause.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- English
- I think that
- English
- in my opinion
- English
- it seems to me that
- English
- in my view
- English
- I agree
- English
- I disagree
- English
- from my point of view
- English
- you're right
- English
- I don't think it's a good idea
- English
- it depends