Breakdown of Te pido que tengas confianza en el equipo.
tener
to have
en
in / on / at
pedir
to ask for / to order
que
that / than
te
to you / you (direct object)
el equipo
the team
la confianza
the confidence / the trust
Questions & Answers about Te pido que tengas confianza en el equipo.
Why is it tengas and not tienes?
The verb pedir (to ask/request) is a verb of influence. When you ask someone to do something, you use que followed by the subjunctive mood because you are expressing a request, not stating a guaranteed fact. That is why we use the subjunctive tengas instead of the normal present tense tienes.
What is the te doing at the start of the sentence?
Te is an indirect object pronoun meaning "to you" or "of you." Just like in the emotional reaction phrases from this lesson (like te da miedo, meaning "it gives fear to you"), te pido literally means "I ask of you." The thing you are asking for is the direct object.
I thought pedir meant "to ask for." Why isn't there a separate word for "for" here?
The verb pedir inherently means "to ask for" or "to request," so you never need a separate preposition for "for." When asking someone to perform an action, the structure is pedir que followed by the subjunctive. While it translates to "I ask you to..." in English, it literally means "I request of you that you..." in Spanish.
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