Word
Pourquoi veux-tu que nous ayons un règlement strict ?
Meaning
Why do you want us to have strict rules?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Pourquoi veux-tu que nous ayons un règlement strict ?
un
a / an (masculine)
tu
you (informal singular)
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
avoir
to have
Questions & Answers about Pourquoi veux-tu que nous ayons un règlement strict ?
Why do we use ayons instead of avons here?
How irregular is avoir in the subjunctive?
Highly irregular! While most verbs form their nous and vous subjunctive by looking exactly like the imperfect tense, avoir uses a completely different stem. Its forms must be memorized: que j'aie, que tu aies, qu'il ait, que nous ayons, que vous ayez, qu'ils aient.
Could I avoid the subjunctive and just use the infinitive, like Pourquoi veux-tu nous avoir...?
No, because the two verbs have different subjects. You (tu) are the one wanting, but we (nous) are the ones having the rules. When the subject changes after a verb of desire like vouloir, you are forced to use que plus the subjunctive. If the subject stayed the same, you would use the infinitive: Pourquoi veux-tu avoir un règlement ? (Why do YOU want to have rules?).
The English translation says "strict rules", but the French uses the singular un règlement. Why?