Querer (to want/love) is a stem-changing verb where the the first -e- becomes -ie- both in El Presente and in El Presente de Subjuntivo.
Have a look at its conjugation in El Presente de Subjuntivo:
| yo | quiera |
| tú | quieras |
| él / ella / Ud. | quiera |
| nosotros / nosotras | queramos |
| vosotros / vosotras | queráis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | quieran |
The first vowel -e- in the stem becomes -ie- except for the nosotros and vosotros forms.
The endings are the same as for regular -er verbs in El Presente de Subjuntivo.
Look at and listen to these examples:
Es bueno que quieras ir a la universidad.
It is good that you want to go to university.
Es raro que yo no quiera comer nada hoy.
It is strange that I don't want to eat anything today.
Me extraña que él quiera venir al cine con nosotras.
I'm surprised he wants to come to the cinema with us.
Es sorprendente que todos nosotros queramos ir de vacaciones a India.
It is surprising that we all want to go to India on holiday.
He cocinado para un ejército asi que espero que queráis comer bastante.
I've cooked for an army so I hope you want to eat a lot.
Dudo mucho que ellas quieran apuntarse al curso de tenis.
I really doubt that they will want to sign up for the tennis course.
See also:
Es sorprendente que todos nosotros queramos ir de vacaciones a India.
It is surprising that we all want to go to India on holiday.
Es raro que yo no quiera comer nada hoy.
It is strange that I don't want to eat anything today.
Dudo mucho que ellas quieran apuntarse al curso de tenis.
I really doubt that they will want to sign up for the tennis course.
Es bueno que quieras ir a la universidad.
It is good that you want to go to university.
Me extraña que él quiera venir al cine con nosotras.
I'm surprised he wants to come to the cinema with us.
He cocinado para un ejército asi que espero que queráis comer bastante.
I've cooked for an army so I hope you want to eat a lot.
Me extraña que él quiera venir al cine con nosotras. (I'm surprised he wants to come to the cinema with us.)
I'm confused by what appears to be third person (extraña) rather than first person (extraño) in this sentence. Please explain. Is it similar to use of the verb "gustar" --- where third person is used?
Pati
Hola Pati,
Yes, you are right. Extrañar is used the same way we use "gustar", for example:
If we go back to the sentence from the lesson:
Here the subject of the sentence is: "que él quiera venir al cine con nosotras" , therefore the verb is agreeing with this subject "extraña".
Saludos
Inma
Me extraña que él quiera venir al cine con nosotras. (I'm surprised he wants to come to the cinema with us.)
I'm confused by what appears to be third person (extraña) rather than first person (extraño) in this sentence. Please explain. Is it similar to use of the verb "gustar" --- where third person is used?
Pati
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Hola Allison,
With verbs expressing doubt, even when they are in negative, the subjunctive is needed. Here is a lesson about this:
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Saludos
Inma
Hi Allison,
I've just double checked the use of subjunctive with "dudar" in negative, and there is a nuance here when we use "no dudar que". In this case, the meaning of this verb in negative is "to hope/to trust". This is why in this specific case it is used with subjunctive. So, this sentence means: "Yo espero/confío en que nosotros nos queramos siempre."
We will add an extra note to the lesson to clarify.
I hope this clarifies your doubt.
Saludos
Inma
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