Breakdown of El profesor quiere que dejemos más margen en cada hoja para poder corregirla mejor.
querer
to want
el profesor
the teacher
para
to
nosotros
we
Questions & Answers about El profesor quiere que dejemos más margen en cada hoja para poder corregirla mejor.
Why is there a que after quiere?
Because Spanish normally uses querer que + subjunctive when one person wants someone else to do something.
Here, el profesor quiere is the teacher’s wish, and dejemos is what he wants us to do.
- El profesor quiere que dejemos... = the teacher wants us to leave...
- If the subject stayed the same, Spanish would usually use an infinitive instead:
- El profesor quiere corregirla = the teacher wants to correct it
So que is needed because there is a change of subject.
Why is it dejemos and not dejamos?
Because after querer que, Spanish uses the subjunctive, not the indicative.
- dejemos = present subjunctive
- dejamos = present indicative
In this sentence, the teacher is expressing a wish or request, so Spanish uses the subjunctive:
- quiere que dejemos
If you said quiere que dejamos, it would be ungrammatical.
What form is dejemos exactly?