Subjunctive using emotion

Question

Thanks everyone for the help!

Carmen / ojalá / visitar / el volcán Irazú

Ojalá que Carmen visite el volcán Irazú.

Jorge / molestar / sus compañeros / no reciclar

A Jorge le molesta que sus compañeros no recicle.

mi prima / no espera / su novio / acompañarla / la selva

Mi prima no espera que su novio acompañarla la selva.

yo / sentir / no tener / mis estudiantes / más respeto por la naturaleza

Siento que no tengan mis estudiantes más respeto por la naturaleza.

es ridículo / la gente / no dejar de contaminar los ríos

Es ridículo que la gente no dejar de contaminar los ríos.

Answer 1

1- Sentence is fine.

2- A Jorge le molesta que sus compañeros no reciclen.

3- Mi prima no espera que su novio la acompañe a la selva.

4- Siento que mis estudiantes no tengan más respeto por la naturaleza.

5- Es ridículo que la gente no deje de contaminar los rios.

Answer 2

My thoughts:

1. Nothing stands out to me as wrong

2. reicle needs to be reciclen to match sus compañeros

3. acompañarla needs to be conjugated (subjunctive) and you need a preposition: "…que su novio la acompañe a la selva"

4.Nothing stands out to me as wrong

1. Once again you did not conjugate dejar (subjunctive)- deje.

It is important to understand why you conjugate dejar but not contaminar.

I have answered for you before I think, so you know I am an upper intermediate level learner and occasionally still miss things or make errors.

Hmm, I guess the native speaker did not like the word order on number 4. - bosquederoble, Mar 28, 2014

It's not that I did not like it. It's more clear that way. But you have to follow the subject+verb rule on that one. - juanmelgar, Mar 28, 2014

By the way, the way #4 is fine. Perhaps I would use it if I am giving a speech and trying to convince people about something. - juanmelgar, Mar 28, 2014

I think which word orders sound good and which don't is one of the most difficult things to learn for me. If I had written it I would have written it your way, but I did not feel that I could say his way was wrong as I see subjects following ... - bosquederoble, Mar 28, 2014

...the verb from time to time. :) - bosquederoble, Mar 28, 2014

Thanks bosquederobl and juanmelgar for the help. I have to agree with juanmelgar with number 4 subject+verb is correct. Also I am not so good with prepositions. :) - LearningSpanish89, Mar 30, 2014