Querer que followed by the Spanish present subjunctive (El Presente de Subjuntivo)

Learn about "querer que" in Spanish

Querer que to say to want [someone] to is always followed by the El Presente de Subjuntivo. This also holds for negative constructions and questions. Look at and listen to these examples:

Note: the subject (yo, tú etc.) in the first and second part of the sentence are different. Take the last example:

The subject of querer is tus amigos but the subject of ser más sociable is tú.

However, if the subject is the same for both verbs, you drop "que" and use the infinitive. For example:

Same subject = yo quiero / yo salgo

Same subject = nosotros queremos / nosotros organizamos

 

Bear in mind that this also applies to verb "desear", which is a synonym for "querer", expressing a stronger desire. For example: