Are either of these correct?

Question

No quieres sea quejica OR No quieres ser quejica Can either of these phrases be used for "I don't want to be a complainer"

Answer 1

No. I don't want to be = No quiero ser. There are a lot of ways to say "complainer". Quejica is like "peevish".

Answer 2

I don't want to be a complainer. It means: No quiero ser un quejoso. Or in other words: No quiero quejarme constantemente. Or, "No quiero quejarme".

Do these help you?

yes, thank you - carcar, Nov 3, 2010

Answer 3

I think you would use sea (the subjunctive) if the subject changed, like if I don't want you to be something.

Answer 4

That's a good question! Just one more note: you never have two conjugated verbs next to each other in Spanish, one of the verbs has to be an infinitive (the second verb) so it would have to be "No quiero ser un quejoso" (I don't want to be a complainer.) Something like No quieres seas quejoso is impossible unless you put something in between the two verbs, like "No quiero que seas un quejoso" (I don't want you to be a complainer).