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When you express a wish, demand, or preference for someone else to do something, Italian requires the subjunctive mood because the outcome is desired rather than guaranteed.

### Wanting and Demanding
The most common verb to trigger this is **volere** (to want). When the person who wants the action is different from the person performing the action, use **volere che** followed by a subjunctive verb.

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This also applies to negative demands—when you do *not* want a specific event to occur.

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### Hopes, Preferences, and Desires
Other verbs that express volition or desire behave exactly the same way. Verbs like **sperare** (to hope), **preferire** (to prefer), and **desiderare** (to desire/wish) all require **che** plus the subjunctive when introducing an action performed by a new subject.

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### Subject Changes
Remember the golden rule for these triggers: the subjunctive is only used when the subject changes between the two halves of the sentence (e.g., *I* want that *you* act). If there is no subject change (e.g., *I* want to act), you simply use the infinitive without *che*.

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Subjunctive with desires (voglio che…)

adjective

adjective/adverb

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

Subject pronouns and the verb to be (io sono)

Singular definite articles (il, la)

Singular demonstratives (questo, questa)

Basic verbal negation (non)

Yes/No questions

Coordinating conjunctions (e, ma, o)

Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)

Plural verb to be (noi siamo, voi siete)

Plural demonstratives (questi, queste)

Nouns ending in -e

Special singular articles (lo, l')

The plural article (gli)

Special indefinite articles (uno, un')

Demonstrative adjectives (quello, quella)

Adjective endings (-o, -a, -i, -e)

Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)

The verb to have (ho, hai, ha...)

There is / there are (c'è, ci sono)

The preposition of (di)

Singular possessives (il mio, la mia)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, due, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (undici, dodici...)

Numbers 21 to 100 (trenta, quaranta...)

Idiomatic avere (avere fame, avere anni)

Plural possessive adjectives (i miei, le mie)

Possessives with family members (mio padre)

Formal address (dare del Lei)

Present tense of -are verbs (-o, -i, -a)

Question words (chi, cosa, dove)

Present tense of -ere verbs (-o, -i, -e)

Question words (quando, come, perché)

Question word agreement (quanto, quanta, quanti, quante)

Regular -ire verbs

Verbs with -isc- (capisco, capisci, capisce)

Pronouns after prepositions (me, te, lui)

The verb fare (faccio, fai, fa)

The verb andare (vado, vai, va)

The verb stare (sto, stai, sta)

The verb venire (vengo, vieni, viene)

The verb uscire (esco, esci, esce)

Location and destination (a, in)

Origin and movement (da)

Articulated prepositions with a (al, alla)

Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)

Articulated prepositions with di and da (del, dal)

Simple prepositions (con, per, su, tra)

Articulated prepositions with su (sul, sulla)

Months of the year

Telling time (sono le...)

Dates (il + number)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primo, secondo, terzo...)

The verb to want (volere)

The verb can (potere)

The verb must (dovere)

The verb to know (sapere)

Reflexive verbs (mi lavo, ti lavi)

Indirect object pronouns (gli, le, ci...)

Expressing preferences (mi piace)

Plural preferences (mi piacciono)

Comparatives (più... di, meno... di)

The passato prossimo with avere (ho parlato)

Irregular past participles (fatto, letto, preso)

The passato prossimo with essere (sono andato)

Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)

Time adverbs with the past tense (già, mai, ancora)

Third-person direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le)

First and second-person direct object pronouns (mi, ti, ci, vi)

The four seasons

Prepositions of place (vicino a, davanti a)

Conversational words (beh, allora, davvero)

Indefinite adjectives for some (qualche, alcuni)

Indefinite adjectives for every and all (ogni, tutti)

Indefinite pronouns (qualcosa, qualcuno)

Noun suffixes (-ino, -one)

Adverbs of manner (-mente)

Comparisons of equality (così... come)

The relative superlative (il più)

The absolute superlative (-issimo)

Irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore)

Present progressive (stare + -ando, -endo)

Imminent actions (stare per)

The locative pronoun (ci)

The partitive pronoun (ne)

Pronoun placement with modal verbs

Impersonal subjects (si)

Prepositions of time (da, per, tra, fra)

Past participle agreement with pronouns

Question	Answer
the veterinarian	il veterinario
to heal / to recover	guarire
The vet wants the dog to heal immediately.	Il veterinario vuole che il cane guarisca subito.
abandoned / stray	abbandonato
I want you to help this abandoned cat.	Voglio che tu aiuti questo gatto abbandonato.
to adopt	adottare
I want my friend to adopt a dog.	Voglio che la mia amica adotti un cane.
the dog pound / the shelter	il canile
I do not want the kitten to go to the pound.	Non voglio che il gattino vada al canile.
the shelter / the refuge (general)	il rifugio
to welcome / to take in	accogliere
We want the shelter to take in these animals.	Vogliamo che il rifugio accolga questi animali.
the care / the treatment (medical)	la cura
The vet hopes the treatment works.	Il veterinario spera che la cura funzioni.
to feed	nutrire
I want you to feed the abandoned little dog.	Voglio che tu nutra il cagnolino abbandonato.
We prefer that they adopt a cat from the shelter.	Preferiamo che loro adottino un gatto dal rifugio.
to desire / to wish	desiderare
I wish for the dog shelters to always be empty.	Desidero che i canili siano sempre vuoti.
I want the cat to recover with this treatment.	Voglio che il gatto guarisca con questa cura.
She wants us to adopt an abandoned animal.	Lei vuole che noi adottiamo un animale abbandonato.
The vet has arrived and wants you to start the treatment.	Il veterinario è arrivato e vuole che tu inizi la cura.
I desire that the shelter welcomes the abandoned dogs.	Desidero che il rifugio accolga i cani abbandonati.
The veterinarian wants him to feed the kitten.	Il veterinario vuole che lui nutra il gattino.
to take care of	prendersi cura
I want you to take care of the cat.	Voglio che tu ti prenda cura del gatto.
My sister takes care of our parents.	Mia sorella si prende cura dei nostri genitori.

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