Breakdown of Me gustaría que el equipo desarrollara una jugabilidad más rápida.
rápido
fast
un
a, an, some
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
me
to me / myself (reflexive) / me (direct object)
gustar
to like
más
more; else (anything else, nobody else)
el equipo
the team
desarrollar
to develop
la jugabilidad
the gameplay
Questions & Answers about Me gustaría que el equipo desarrollara una jugabilidad más rápida.
Why is desarrollara in the imperfect subjunctive if the desired action is in the future?
When the triggering verb is in the conditional tense, like Me gustaría, the sequence of tenses rule forces the following verb into the imperfect subjunctive. You cannot use the present subjunctive here, even if the team's development will happen in the future.
Could I use desarrollase instead of desarrollara?
Yes, absolutely. The imperfect subjunctive has two interchangeable sets of endings: -ara / -iera and -ase / -iese. Both desarrollara and desarrollase are perfectly correct, though the -ara ending is slightly more common in everyday speech.
In English we say 'I would like the team to develop'. Why can't I say Me gustaría el equipo desarrollar?
In Spanish, when there is a change of subject (from 'I' wanting to 'the team' developing), you must use que plus a conjugated verb in the subjunctive. You only use the infinitive if the subject stays the same, for example: Me gustaría desarrollar (I would like to develop).
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