Breakdown of Necesitamos que el ciudadano extranjero haga la entrevista mañana.
necesitar
to need
hacer
to do / to make
mañana
tomorrow
que
that / than
la entrevista
interview
el ciudadano
the citizen
extranjero
foreign
Questions & Answers about Necesitamos que el ciudadano extranjero haga la entrevista mañana.
Why is the verb haga used here instead of hace?
Haga is the present subjunctive form of the irregular verb hacer (to do/make). We use the subjunctive here because Necesitamos que expresses a requirement or desire for someone else to do an action.
Why is there a que before el ciudadano extranjero?
In English, we say "We need [someone] to do [something]." In Spanish, when the subject changes (we need someone else to do it), you cannot just use the infinitive. You have to use two phrases connected by que (that), which literally translates to: "We need that the foreign citizen does the interview."
If we were doing the interview, would we still use the subjunctive?
No. If the subject stays the same (we need, and we also do the interview), you simply use the infinitive. You would say Necesitamos hacer la entrevista (We need to do the interview). The subjunctive haga is only triggered because a different person (the citizen) is doing the action.
Why does extranjero come after ciudadano?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives generally come right after the noun they describe. So, "foreign citizen" becomes ciudadano extranjero (literally: "citizen foreign").
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