Breakdown of El gerente espera que nosotros asumamos más responsabilidades.
nosotros
we
esperar
to wait / to hope / to expect
que
that / than
más
more
el gerente
the manager
asumir
to assume
la responsabilidad
responsibility
Questions & Answers about El gerente espera que nosotros asumamos más responsabilidades.
Why is it asumamos instead of asumimos?
The verb esperar (to hope or expect) expresses an expectation for what someone else will do. When you use espera que (expects that) followed by a new subject like nosotros, the second verb must be in the subjunctive mood. Because of this rule, the regular present tense asumimos changes to the subjunctive asumamos.
The English translation says 'expects us to take on'. Why don't we use the object pronoun nos?
In English, we use an object pronoun and an infinitive: 'expects US TO do something.' Spanish doesn't use this structure for desires or expectations. Instead, you must phrase it as 'expects THAT WE do something' (espera que nosotros asumamos). If you said nos espera, it would change the meaning to 'he waits for us'.
What is the infinitive of asumamos, and how is this subjunctive form built?
The infinitive is asumir (to assume or to take on). To form the present subjunctive for a regular -ir verb, you start with the present tense 'yo' form (asumo), drop the 'o', and add the 'opposite' ending. For nosotros, the opposite ending for an -ir verb is -amos, giving us asumamos.
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