Breakdown of La profesora quiere solucionar la situación en clase.
querer
to want
en
in
la profesora
the teacher
la clase
the class
Questions & Answers about La profesora quiere solucionar la situación en clase.
Why is it la profesora and not el profesora or la profesor?
In Spanish, nouns that refer to people usually have a grammatical gender that often matches the natural gender:
- el profesor = male teacher
- la profesora = female teacher
The ending -or is typically masculine. The feminine form is usually created by adding -a:
- profesor → profesora
- actor → actriz (irregular change)
- director → directora
Because we’re talking about a female teacher, we must use the feminine article la and the feminine noun profesora:
- la profesora = the (female) teacher
Why is quiere used here, and how is it formed?
Quiere is the third person singular (he/she/it/you formal) present tense of querer (to want).
Conjugation of querer (present indicative):
- yo quiero – I want
- tú quieres – you want (informal singular)
- él / ella / usted quiere – he / she wants, you (formal) want
- nosotros / nosotras queremos – we want
- vosotros / vosotras queréis – you all want (informal plural, Spain)
- ellos / ellas / ustedes quieren – they / you all want
Our subject is la profesora (she), so we need quiere:
- La profesora quiere… = The teacher wants…
Why is it quiere solucionar and not something like or ?