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Question

Hey everyone! For a long time I'm trying to find out how to say a certain phrase, and I couldn't find an answer so far. I want to know how to say to someone: ''I want you to go to the store'', or ''I need you to take him to the airport'' or ''I want him to leave''. I will really appriciate it if someone answer me

Why don't you try it in the language that you want to say it in , which you have not stated incidentally , we can then correct your effort. - ray76, Jun 30, 2015

Hey Ray. I guess for example ''I want you to go to the store'' would be ''Quiero que irás a la tienda'' Am I right? - Nirg, Jun 30, 2015

Not really. It should be: Quiero que vayas a la tienda - txustaboy, Jun 30, 2015

Thank you for completing your profile, amigo. :) - rac1, Jun 30, 2015

Thanks for the profile mate, that is worth a vote from me , ripper budy. - ray76, Jul 1, 2015

Answer 1

I want you to go to the store. Quiero que vayas a la tienda. Not "quiero que iras a la tienda" .i need you to take him to the airport. Necesito que le lleves al aeropuerto. I want him to leave. Quiero que se marche.o quiero que se vaya

Answer 2

Nirg: subjunctive is use for wishes and wants when the subject changes as in your example. I want do something myself would not use the subjunctive, while I want you/him/her/them to do something does use the subjunctive. The indicative is used to state facts, and I you want to do something, you can take it as a fact that you are going to do it. If you want someone else to do something, it is not a fact that they are going to do it, because they might not want to, etc.

In a few cases, you can use the subjunctive even without a change of subject. These are situations where you are wishing for something that is impossible or contrary to current fact. I wish I were a billionaire. I wish the moon really was made of cheese. As you can see, these situations are, once again, dealing with something that is far from factual.

Answer 3

Thank you all. You really helped me. I didn't know subjunctive before so I'm having some toubles to understand when it's used. Thanks for the answers.

Answer 4

When you first learn Spanish you 'manage' without the subjunctive and no one suggests you need it! I found it was first introduced when we started to learn the imperative - certainly in Spain their speech is more direct than the British so you can order people and it is normal and not rude. Some uses of the imperative are actually the subjunctive so if your examples were orders you would use the subjunctive. In the end you will be understood.