Breakdown of La jefa necesita que resolvamos las quejas de los clientes.
de
of
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
la jefa
the boss (f)
necesitar
to need
Questions & Answers about La jefa necesita que resolvamos las quejas de los clientes.
Why do we use the subjunctive form resolvamos here instead of the indicative?
The verb necesitar expresses a need or influence. When the person who needs something (la jefa) is different from the people who have to do the action (nosotros), Spanish requires que followed by the subjunctive mood.
The verb is resolver, which usually changes 'o' to 'ue'. Why is it resolvamos and not resuelvamos?
This is a key rule for the present subjunctive! Stem-changing -ar and -er verbs keep the exact same stem changes they have in the present indicative, but they do NOT change in the nosotros and vosotros forms. They keep their original vowel, which is why we keep the 'o' in resolvamos.
The English translation is "needs us to solve". Why doesn't the Spanish sentence say necesita nos resolver?
Could we drop the los and just say las quejas de clientes?