Não estou certo que eu esteja bem!

So, our grammar lesson in Portugese, today, was the subjunctive form of verbs!

Do I hear a really loud groan from people out there, who, like me... have some difficulty with differentiating when to use subjunctive vs. indicative forms?? eee... YEAH. For example, when you DO think something, you use indicative. But, if you DO NOT think something, you use subjunctive. How confusing! blah!

Anyways, our teacher didn´t really assign us homework, today - but, instead, he told us to practice using the subjunctive form with people, today.

umm... yeah, right... I´m really going to go out of my way to use the seemingly magical set-up phrases for subjunctive, and then proceed to conjugate a verb into the subjunctive form...
So, pretty much, I just used my normal present, preterite, imperfect, future, and conditional forms of verbs today in the house and when I went out to the supermarket... UNTIL!


So, I´ve been feeling a little homesick, recently, especially since I haven´t spoken to my family for a few weeks. So, tonight, I was supposed to have a Skype date with my sister at 8pm. (Her 7am). But, I was still having a little meal with my host mom at 7:55!! So, I excused myself quickly and was running off to turn on the computer, when... I was really stupid and clumsy (like always) and hit my foot on a wall corner, so that the wall corner went inbetween my pinky toe and 4th (name?) toe. And.... I kind of heard a little crack and it hurt - but, I figured, I´m always clumsy like that, so... no biggee, right?

Well, my pinky toe didn´t swell up too much, but it was hurting pretty badly, my pinky toe looked (and still looks.. uh oh?) a bit.. permanently spread out from the other toes, and I couldn´t really put pressure on my foot to walk.. and I´ve never broken any bones or sprained anything before, so, all of this stuff was pretty new to me - although, I have to say, I was more fascinated than worried about my foot, haha!! But, ANYWAYS! The point was, I wasn´t quite sure what was `normal´or not.

PERFECT timing for the subjunctive, right? Okay, so.. yeah, I know it´s super weird of me to have thought of grammar at a time like this, but.. oh well! Phrases that I used were...

* É posivel que meu dedo esteja quebrado... (It is possible that my toe is broken!)
* Espero que eu não tenha que ir ao médico. (I hope that I don´t need to go to the doctor!)
* Sinto que eu precise de gelo. (I think I need ice.)

Tomara que eu não tenha mais problemas no Brasil, e que possa caminhar, a manha!