How do you say "I don't expect you to.."

Question

becuase espero does not sound right ?

Welcome to the forum :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 20, 2011

Answer 1

I don't expect you to come.

No espero a que vengas.

I'm not hoping that you'd come.

No espero que vengas.

Answer 2

Es no muy importante...

tu no debes...

tu no tienes que...

yo dudo que..

no creo que..

,depending on exactly what you want to express.

Answer 3

I would say:

No espero que usted entienda. I would use the subjunctive here because I'm not expecting that you do whatever, hence I'm not declaring it. But I'm still learning too so hopefully a native speaker will weigh in.

Just out of interest if you use esperar followed by que and a verb in the positive it can have the nuance of meaning 'to expect' if you follow it with the indicative but 'to hope' if you follow it by the subjunctive.

Espero que va a venir mañana. I expect that you're going to come tomorrow. (certainty)

Espero que vaya a venir mañana. I hope that you're going to come tomorrow. (desire)