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Me decepciona que él no trabaje contigo.

Me decepciona que él no trabaje contigo.
It disappoints me that he doesn't work with you.
From Lesson 159:Subjunctive for emotions (me alegra que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Me decepciona que él no trabaje contigo.

Why is trabaje used here instead of the normal present tense trabaja?
Because the main verb, decepciona, expresses an emotion. In Spanish, when you use a verb of emotion or feeling to react to something someone else does, the second verb (after que) must be in the subjunctive mood. Here, trabaje is the present subjunctive of trabajar.
Why does the sentence start with Me decepciona instead of Yo decepciono?
Verbs of emotion often work like gustar. The sentence literally translates closer to 'It disappoints me that...'. The entire situation after que (him not working with you) is the subject causing the disappointment, and me shows who is receiving that feeling.
How do we form the subjunctive trabaje for this sentence?
For regular -ar verbs like trabajar, you take the present tense 'yo' form (trabajo), drop the -o, and add the opposite endings (the -er/-ir endings). For él, the ending is -e, giving us trabaje.
Why is it contigo and not con tú or con ti?
In Spanish, when the preposition con (with) is combined with the pronouns mí (me) or ti (you, informal), they merge into special single words. So con + ti always becomes contigo.

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