A question about use of "Subjuntivo"
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I wanna translate "I need you to need me" to spanish, and i'm in doubt that
should i say : (Te) necesito que me necesites. (subjuntivo) or (Te) necesito que me necesitas (indicativo) ?
And i need little explanation about that.
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updated Apr 9, 2010
edited by bizco
posted by bizco
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As Isabel said, it should be in subjuctive case: "Necesito que me necesites."
updated Apr 10, 2010
posted by 005faa61
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By the way like Julian has explicited, the sentence "Necesito que me necesites" could be expanded in order to explain it to "Yo necesito que me necesites" and NOT "Te necesito que me necesites".
"Te" doesn't apply here....
updated Apr 10, 2010
posted by Carlos-F
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Don't quote me but you use the subjunctive. It is something that you want to happen however it hasn't yet happened so isn't factual therefore you use the sj. It is a term of want therefore you must use sj.
updated Apr 9, 2010
posted by IsabelTenerife09
In this case it isn't so much a matter of being factual or not but a matter of volition. I need you to... is similar to te dije que or a command. - 0074b507, Apr 9, 2010
