Did a bit of checking in some books that I have and found something interesting. A few of them said that the imperative and subjunctive moods are closely related historically from the development of Spanish throughout the centuries.

One of the reasons that was given was that when we give a command to someone, it is “up to that person” whether or not they decide to do it [ even in the Army – although not recommended !! ]. In other words that event may or may not take place.

If we say to someone “Give me five hundred dollars !!”,that is certainly in the imperative, but it is definitely not 100% certain that they will give us the money.

However, if I say “Here is five hundred dollars that was given to me”, that would be in the indicative.

I think what they are indicating is that there is a close relationship between the two [ even allowing for the fact that the conjugational endings are different in some cases – e.g. postive familiar imperative ].

On a personal note, today is my birthday. It has a lot of meaning to me today. Four years ago I was left completely crippled and told I’d never walk again. One day after my 48^th birthday I was told by a leading specialist that I would paralyzed from the waist down. I’m now getting ready to go back to work. I spent six months in bed unable to move and only began learning Spanish as a way to keep my mind off the pain. Now that I’m up on my feet, I hope to be able to get out and actually speak some Spanish to people [ I live in Orlando ]. Have included a clip from a TV program showing the device that got me walking again. [ I’m the one with the Scottish accent ]. I hope it gives some hope to any of you out there suffering from back pain.

Dave

Oops

Left out the link

http://meilus.com/Videos/VideoPlayer/TabId/403/VideoId/234/TV-Special-With-Sheli-Sanders.aspx

Dave

I could see about 15 minutes of the 22 minute video and then it quit playing.

I treat every day I have as very precious.

If that video does not work very well, here is part of a documentary that was done on my case:

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/Dr_Jo_Accupressure

I did all my Spanish learning laying on the floor under the robot holding a book up in front of me.

Dave

¡Excelente y brillante explicación!¡Gracias!

¡Feliz cumpleaños Dave!Que la vida te premie con muchos años más llenos de satisfacción.

Muchas gracias por las flores:-)