Help ! Question about forming a subjunctive sentence.

Question

I am ready to pull my hair out trying to figure out this question having to do with subjunctive. Its part of an online exercise using vistas and I can not figure out where I am going wrong.

This is the sentence which I am supposed to form a new sentence with using the words in parenthesis: La gente se preocupa por el calentamiento global. (el gobierno, esperar)

This is what I've come up with: El gobierno espera que la gente se preocupen por calentamiento global.

I can not figure out where I am conjugating wrong or what I am missing...

This is the model given to follow: Nos gusta el paisaje. (yo, esperar) Yo espero que nos guste el paisaje. or Espero que nos guste el paisaje.

Please help !

¡Buena pregunta! Bienvenid@ al foro. - a-YU-dar, Dec 10, 2012

Answer 1

LNBjorke:

Hello,

The problem is in the numbers. I'll explain.

El gobierno espera que (la gente) (se preocupen) por el calentamiento global. = wrong

In English we think (the people) (they)

but you don't conjugate like that in Spanish.

The people think that... = La gente piensa que... = correct

The people think that = La gente piensan que... = wrong

El gobierno espera que la gente se preocupe por el calentamiento global.

"La gente" conjugates the same as other singular nouns, despite it referring to more than one person.

¡Muy bien hecho!

Espero que te sirva. - a-YU-dar, Dec 10, 2012

"por el calentamiento global." - -cae-, Dec 10, 2012

Gracias - a-YU-dar, Dec 10, 2012

Thank you, very helpful ! - LNBjorke, Dec 10, 2012

De nada. - a-YU-dar, Dec 10, 2012

Answer 2

Edited: El gobierno espera que la gente se preocupe por el calentamiento global.

Excellent work!

Thank you ! - LNBjorke, Dec 10, 2012