Breakdown of ¡Ve a la fiesta y que te diviertas!
y
and
ir
to go
a
to
la fiesta
the party
que
that / than
te
to you / you (direct object)
la
the (feminine)
divertirse
to have fun
Questions & Answers about ¡Ve a la fiesta y que te diviertas!
Wait, doesn't ve mean 'he/she sees'? Why does it mean 'go' here?
Why do we need que before te diviertas?
In Spanish, you use que followed by the subjunctive mood to express a wish or a hope for someone else. It acts as a shortcut for saying 'I hope that...' or 'May you...'. So, que te diviertas translates to 'have fun', but it literally means something like 'May you have fun!' or '[I hope] that you have fun!'.
Why does diviertas end in an 'a' instead of an 'e'?
Because it is in the subjunctive mood! The base verb is divertir (to entertain), which is an '-ir' verb. In the normal present tense, the tú form is diviertes. But because this is a wish starting with que, we must use the subjunctive form, which swaps the normal '-e' ending of '-ir' verbs for an '-a' ending, making it diviertas.
Why is there a te before diviertas?
The verb for 'to have fun' is divertirse, which is a reflexive verb (literally meaning 'to entertain oneself'). Because you are wishing this for the person you are talking to (the tú form), you need to use the matching reflexive pronoun te.
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