Learn French: Le prince espère que tu l'attendras afin de finir la quête. - The prince hopes that you will wait for him in order to finish the quest.

Although verbs expressing desire usually take the subjunctive, espérer is a major exception. In affirmative sentences, espérer que is always followed by the indicative mood. It only takes the subjunctive when used in negative statements or inverted questions.

Why is the future tense attendras used here when in English we usually say "hopes that you wait"?

In English, we often use the present tense to talk about the future after the verb "hope". In French, if the action you are hoping for takes place in the future, you must strictly use the future tense. This is why we use attendras rather than the present tense attends.

Why do we use the direct object pronoun l' here instead of the indirect lui?

In English, we wait "for" someone, which makes it tempting to use an indirect object pronoun in French. However, the French verb attendre is directly transitive, meaning it doesn't use a preposition. Therefore, we must use the direct object pronoun le, which contracts to l' before a vowel.

Why do we use afin de followed by the infinitive finir instead of afin que?