Breakdown of Me enoja que el niño no escuche.
el niño
the boy
no
no, not
escuchar
to listen
que
that / than
me
to me / me (direct object)
enojar
to anger
Questions & Answers about Me enoja que el niño no escuche.
Why do we use the subjunctive escuche here instead of the normal present tense escucha?
Does me enoja work like the verb gustar?
In English we might say 'It angers me for the boy not to listen.' Can we drop the que and use the infinitive escuchar in Spanish?
No, you must use que and the conjugated subjunctive verb (escuche) here. You only use the infinitive (escuchar) if there is no change in subject. For example, me enoja no escuchar means 'It angers me that I do not listen.' Since the anger is felt by you but the listening is done by the boy, you have to use que plus the subjunctive.
What is the difference between me enoja and estoy enojado?
Me enoja is a verb that means 'it angers me' or 'it makes me mad.' Estoy enojado uses the verb to be plus an adjective and means 'I am angry.' You can use either to trigger the subjunctive, but estoy enojado usually requires the preposition de before que (as in, estoy enojado de que el niño no escuche).
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