I wanted you to help me at the party in Spanish 🇪🇸

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Sentence info.

This Spanish sentence, “Yo quería que tú me ayudaras en la fiesta,” is formed in the following way:

– The subject “Yo” means “I.” This is the person doing the action of wanting.
– “Quería” is the imperfect tense of “querer,” meaning “wanted.” The imperfect is used because the action is ongoing in the past or doesn’t have a definite beginning or end.
– “Que” is a conjunction meaning “that.” It is used to link the main clause “Yo quería” with the subordinate clause “tú me ayudaras.”
– “Tú” means “you,” and it is the subject of the subordinate clause.
– “Me ayudaras” is the imperfect subjunctive form of “ayudar,” meaning “to help.” The subjunctive mood is used because it expresses a desire or wish that is not certain to occur.
– “En la fiesta” translates to “at the party.” This is a prepositional phrase indicating where the help was needed.

To remember this structure:

– Remember that “querer” (to want) requires the subjunctive mood in the next clause when expressing a desire or wish.
– The imperfect subjunctive usually follows “que” in this context.
– The indirect object “me” (to me) comes before the verb to show who is receiving the action.

Alternate ways to say “I wanted you to help me at the party”:

– Quería tu ayuda en la fiesta.
– Deseaba que me ayudaras en la fiesta.
– Me hubiera gustado que me ayudases en la fiesta.
– Hubiera querido tu ayuda en la fiesta.
– Estaba deseando que me ayudaras en la fiesta.

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