Phrase · 🕵️ Speculating about the past
No creo que haya sido Mateo; él estaba conmigo.
I don't think it was Mateo; he was with me.
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Why every word is where it is
No1adverbnotcreo1verbI thinkcreer · present · 1st sing.queconjunctionthathaya1verbhashaber · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.sidoverbbeenser · participle · past · masc. · sing.MateonounMateo;él2pronounhe3rd sing. · subjectestabaverbwasestar · imperfect · 3rd sing.conmigo2pronounwith me1st sing..
- creo → haya: mood
- él → Mateo: ref
- él → estaba: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1No creo que + subjunctive: denying a belief triggers the subjunctive. Haya sido places it in the past (= that it was). Present perfect subjunctive →
- 2él is stated for contrast (he, not someone else). Conmigo = with me, never ✗ con mí.