Will and requests: quiero que, pido que

Explanation

Verbs of wanting, needing, asking, and influencing someone else's behaviour trigger the subjunctive in the subordinate clause, as long as there's a second subject: quiero que vengas, te pido que esperes, necesito que firmes hoy.

The family is large: querer, desear, esperar ('hope'), necesitar, pedir, exigir, sugerir, recomendar, aconsejar, prohibir, permitir, dejar, and hacer que ('to make someone…'). All require the two-subject setup: quiero que (tú) vengas.

With the same subject, drop to the infinitive: espero llegar temprano (not *espero que yo llegue), quiero descansar. Verbs like pedir, recomendar, and aconsejar usually take an indirect-object pronoun marking who's being asked: le recomendé que comprara, te pido que esperes.

Examples

Related rules

• When the subjunctive fires: the map
• Que + subjunctive: orders for third parties