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I'd rather said don't add sugar to my tea than develop diabetes later. Does this sound natural?
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Unnatural
"Rather" means "prefer to" and is used with verbs in the conditional tense. "Rather" goes between the conditional auxiliary (would) and the infinitive (say) in the indicative mood. In your example, the verb should be "would say" (diría), and when using "rather," it would be "would rather say".
Now, for examples:
I'd rather be fishing.
He'd rather drink at the bar than spend time with his kids.
Would you rather I wore something less revealing?
You would rather walk than run.
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Unnatural
Do you mean "i'd rather you not add sugar to my tea so that I don't develop diabetes in the future"?
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Unnatural
Tenses? Do you mean verb tenses like have, had, was, etc.?
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I don't think that you can use any tenses, although I'm not 100% sure about that. Sorry :/
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A little unnatural
”I'd rather say 'don't add sugar to my tea' than develop diabetes later.
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Unnatural
+1 to nebulahime14
You will always use the infinitive form after "rather". So no, you can't use any tense.
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- Spanish (Mexico)
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Unnatural
"Rather" means "prefer to" and is used with verbs in the conditional tense. "Rather" goes between the conditional auxiliary (would) and the infinitive (say) in the indicative mood. In your example, the verb should be "would say" (diría), and when using "rather," it would be "would rather say".
Now, for examples:
I'd rather be fishing.
He'd rather drink at the bar than spend time with his kids.
Would you rather I wore something less revealing?
You would rather walk than run.
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