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¡Qué importante que acordemos los quehaceres!

¡Qué importante que acordemos los quehaceres!
How important that we agree on the chores!
From Lesson 345:Strict conditions (con tal de que, siempre y cuando)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about ¡Qué importante que acordemos los quehaceres!

Why is acordemos in the subjunctive here?
The phrase ¡Qué importante que...! works just like the impersonal expression es importante que... (it is important that...). It expresses a value judgment or opinion about an action, which always triggers the subjunctive in the following clause.
Doesn't acordar mean "to remember"? Why isn't it reflexive here?
You are likely thinking of the reflexive verb acordarse (de), which means "to remember." When used without the reflexive pronoun, acordar means "to agree on," "to arrange," or "to reach an agreement." In this sentence, the speakers are agreeing on how to handle the chores, not remembering them.
Why is there no verb in the first part, like "¡Qué es importante..."?
In Spanish exclamations using ¡Qué + [adjective]!, the verb ser (to be) is naturally left out. It translates directly to "How [adjective]!" in English. Adding es would sound strange here; the standard structure is simply ¡Qué importante que...! (How important that...!).
Is quehaceres a compound word?
Yes! It is made up of que (what/that) and hacer (to do), literally referring to "things to do." It is the standard, everyday term in Latin America for "chores" or "housework." Since the singular noun is el quehacer, it takes an -es at the end to form the plural los quehaceres.

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