Use the subjunctive for a wish about someone else
The idea
Identify the main clause Quiero and the different subject tú after que.
Step by step
- Identify the main clause Quiero and the different subject tú after que.
- Because the first person wishes for another person to do something, use the subjunctive in the que clause.
- For the regular verbs here, form tú with -es after an -ar stem or -as after an -er/-ir stem; check the complete sentence.
Example
Use the present subjunctive of hablar after a wish about another person: Quiero que tú ___ con calma.
Answer
hables
Quiero que introduces a wish for what tú will do. The present-subjunctive tú form of hablar is hables: Quiero que tú hables con calma.
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Write two invented Quiero que tú sentences using regular verbs. Explain why the second clause expresses a wish rather than a reported fact.
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