Discover an impeccably curated collection of hotels. The luxury collection. 130 unique hotels and resorts across 40 countries. There once was a woman who lived in a shoe. A size 2 snug butt, what could she do? With experience help, she improved her score. For a brand new place, she totally adored. With room to grow and a mortgage to suit. Now, she lives in a spacious four bedroom cowboy boot. Get mortgage ready with the UK's most trusted credit score. Download the free Experian app today. Experian. Better your score, better your story. Based on an independent UK consumer survey, April 2026. See Experian.co.uk slash claims. Hello hello, how are you? I hope you're doing great. I'm Pablo from Coffee Break Spanish and up next, we are going to look at three simple phrases that you can use to express uncertainty in Spanish without using the exacting tip. Sounds good, right? Well, get ready because we're going there. Let's get started. Now, before we see these expressions to express uncertainty without the subjunctive, let me tell you something. We cannot always avoid the subjunctive. So it's actually really important that you learn it because it's an essential part of Spanish grammar. However, if you're still building confidence with the subjunctive, these expressions we're going to see are super helpful because they allow you to express similar ideas while using the indicative instead. Muy bien. Vamos a comenzar con la primera expresión. This one is a lo mejor. A lo mejor. And a lo mejor literally means something like in the best case, but it's simply used to express uncertainty or possibility. So it can be translated as might, may, or even possibly in English. Veamos una situación en la que podríamos usar esta expresión. So imagine you're waiting for a friend and this person tends to be late, but this time you're not sure whether they'll make it on time. So you may say a lo mejor llega tarde. And this essentially means he or she might arrive late. And notice how llega is in the present indicative. So we're expressing uncertainty, but we're not using the subjunctive. So this is great, ¿verdad? Muy bien. Vamos a ver otro ejemplo. Imagine you've sent someone a message but they haven't replied to you yet. You might think. A lo mejor no ha visto el mensaje todavía. Or maybe they've seen it and they're just ignoring you, but let's stay optimistic, of course. So again we're talking about something that may or may not be true. And we're doing it without using the subjunctive. And in this case we are using the perfect tense, which is a tense of the indicative. Perfecto. La siguiente expresión que vamos a ver es igual. Now as you may know, igual means equal or the same. But it can also be used to express uncertainty, much like a lo mejor. But this one is probably a bit more conversational and more colloquial, I would say. And again in English you may usually translate it using might. Veamos algunos ejemplos. So imagine you and your friends are deciding what to do this evening and nothing is fully decided yet. So you might say igual vamos al cine esta tarde. So in other words we might go to the cinema this afternoon. And it's not confirmed, it's just a possibility, but we are not using the subjunctive. Otra situación. Imagine you cannot find your colleagues where they usually are in the office, for example. So you say igual fueron a tomar un café. And this would translate more naturally into English as they might have gone to have a coffee. So once more we're expressing uncertainty but using the indicative rather than the subjunctive. And in this case we're using the predritense fueron, which means they went. But in English we naturally say they might have gone. Pues ya hemos visto dos expresiones pero te voy a enseñar otra más. Our third and final expression is lo mismo. Now lo mismo literally means the same thing. But when it's used at the beginning of a sentence it can also express uncertainty. Very much like a lo mejor o igual. And in English this one is also often translated using may, might or even possibly. For example imagine you arrive somewhere to meet some friends but they're no longer there because they may have gone somewhere else. So you might say lo mismo se ha ido ya. Meaning they might have left already. And no things we're using the perfect tense here once more which is a tense of the indicative. So again no need for the subjunctive. Your último ejemplo. So you've invited some friends to join you but they've said no at first. But you're still a bit hopeful they might change their mind. So you say lo mismo cambian de opinión. So again we're suggesting a possibility and we're doing it using the indicative. Hagamos un pequeño resumen. So we've seen three very useful expressions that allow you to express uncertainty without using the subjunctive. And these were a lo mejor, igual, y lo mismo. And all three are used at the beginning of the sentence and are followed by the indicative. Which makes them super super useful if you're still building confidence with the subjunctive. And of course as I have said earlier this doesn't mean that the subjunctive is an important. Because it's actually essential and we can not always avoid it. But these expressions give you a very natural alternative when you want to express uncertainty. And you still not fully confident with the subjunctive. Muy bien pues hasta aquí esta pequeña lección. Solo espero que te haya gustado mucho y nada. Hasta la próxima y como siempre happy coffee breaking. Adiós. Discover an impeccably curated collection of hotels. The luxury collection. 130 unique hotels and resorts across 40 countries. There once was a woman who lived in a shoe. 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