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Quiero que asumas la responsabilidad del proyecto.

Quiero que asumas la responsabilidad del proyecto.
I want you to assume responsibility for the project.
From Lesson 147:Desires for others (querer que / esperar que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Quiero que asumas la responsabilidad del proyecto.

Why is it asumas instead of asumes?
Because this sentence uses the phrase Quiero que (I want that). When you express a desire for someone else to do something, Spanish requires a special verb form called the subjunctive. Since asumir is a regular -ir verb, its informal 'you' form in the present subjunctive swaps the usual indicative ending for an -as, making it asumas.
In English we say 'responsibility for', so why does the Spanish sentence use del (of the) instead of por el?
In Spanish, when you talk about having or taking responsibility for something, you use the preposition de (of) rather than por (for). Since proyecto is masculine, de combines with the word el to make the mandatory contraction del.
Does asumir mean 'to assume' like 'to guess'?
It translates to 'assume', but only in the strict sense of taking on a role, a task, or a burden, such as 'assuming responsibility' or 'assuming control'. If you want to say 'assume' meaning 'to guess' or 'to suppose', you would use the verb suponer instead.
How do we know I want you to assume responsibility, since the word tú isn't in the sentence?
The ending of the verb gives it away. The -s at the end of asumas tells us the subject is tú (informal you). You could add tú right after que for emphasis (Quiero que tú asumas...), but it is completely natural and very common to leave it out.

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