Breakdown of Queremos que la comunicación sea mejor este año.
ser
to be
el año
year
querer
to want
mejor
better
que
that / than
este
this
la comunicación
communication
Questions & Answers about Queremos que la comunicación sea mejor este año.
Why is it sea instead of es?
sea is the present subjunctive form of ser (to be). You need the subjunctive here because the first part of the sentence expresses a desire (Queremos) for something else to happen. Whenever you use verbs like querer que or esperar que to talk about a different subject (in this case, la comunicación), the second verb must be in the subjunctive.
In English we say "want communication to be". Why does Spanish use que?
In English, we use the pattern "want + noun + infinitive". Spanish does not do this when the person or thing doing the action changes. Because "we" want, but "communication" is the thing being better, you have to use a structure that literally translates to "We want that the communication be better." That "that" is que.
Why use a form of ser (sea) instead of estar (esté) here?
You use ser to describe the fundamental characteristics or qualities of a noun. Since we are describing the overall quality of communication (making it a "better" thing), ser is the right choice. estar is used for locations, emotions, or temporary states, which doesn't fit the idea of improving the general quality of something.
Why do we need the word la before comunicación?
In English, we often drop words like "the" when talking about general ideas, like "communication". In Spanish, however, you almost always need the definite article (el, la, los, las) when a general concept is the subject of a sentence or clause.
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