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Ellos quieren que el comportamiento del grupo mejore.

Ellos quieren que el comportamiento del grupo mejore.
They want the group's behavior to improve.
From Lesson 146:Desires for others (querer que / esperar que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Ellos quieren que el comportamiento del grupo mejore.

Why does this sentence use mejore instead of mejora?
Because the sentence expresses a desire using quieren que. When one person wants a different person or thing to do something, the second verb must be in the subjunctive mood. Since mejorar is an -ar verb, its third-person singular subjunctive ending changes to an -e, making it mejore.
In English we say want the behavior to improve. Why doesn't Spanish use the infinitive mejorar here?
In English, we use want plus a noun plus an infinitive verb. Spanish does not work this way. You have to break it into two phrases separated by que (that): They want that the behavior improves. This structure of having two different subjects separated by que is what triggers the subjunctive mood in the second verb.
Why is it del grupo instead of de el grupo?
This is a quick refresher from earlier lessons. Whenever the preposition de is followed immediately by the masculine article el, they must squeeze together to form the single word del.
What exactly is the subject of the verb mejore here?
The subject is el comportamiento (the behavior). Even though it is the behavior of the group, the core thing doing the improving is the behavior itself. That is why mejore is conjugated in the third-person singular form.
In English we say want the behavior to improve. Why doesn't Spanish use the infinitive mejorar here?
In English, we use want plus a noun plus an infinitive verb. Spanish does not work this way. You have to break it into two phrases separated by que (that): They want that the behavior improves. This structure of having two different subjects separated by que is what triggers the subjunctive mood in the second verb.
Why is it del grupo instead of de el grupo?
This is a quick refresher from earlier lessons. Whenever the preposition de is followed immediately by the masculine article el, they must squeeze together to form the single word del.
What exactly is the subject of the verb mejore here?
The subject is el comportamiento (the behavior). Even though it is the behavior of the group, the core thing doing the improving is the behavior itself. That is why mejore is conjugated in the third-person singular form.

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