Want someone to do something
If you want someone to do something use the structure subject + want (somebody / accusative pronoun) + + to do (something). She does not want us to call her.
We use "want somebody to do" to express what I hope other people do, how we expect them to behave or what we would like them to do. Is formed with "want + object + to infinitive".
Example:
- I don't want her to call me.
No quiero que ella me llame. - The teacher wants every student to study hard.
La profesora quiere que todos los alumnos estudien mucho. - Some men don't want their wives to work.
Algunos hombres no quieren que sus esposas trabajen. - My parents wanted me to go to Law school.
Mis padres querían que yo estudiara derecho. - I didn't want Phil to find out.
Yo no quería que Phil se enterara. - We have always wanted our children to tell the truth.
Siempre quisimos que nuestros hijos dijeran la verdad. - Sarah has never wanted us to be together.
Sara nunca quiso que estuviéramos juntos. - I had wanted him to stop working during the night.
Yo había querido que dejara de trabajar durante la noche.
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