"Eu quero que você tenha uma televisão."

Translation: I want you to have a television.

[rmacheshire]

"I wish you had a television." was rejected, but I think maybe it should have been allowed.

[ceaer]

Yours does sound much more natural in English, and per Linguee, "querer" is a translation of "to wish", although a very, very rare one. (http://www.linguee.com/english-portuguese/search?=source=wish) Did you try reporting that your answer should be accepted?

[mastakhan]

I tried "I hope you have a television" and got it wrong, but my Spanish senses are telling me I might be right.

For anyone out there, if I'm not right on this, how would you actually say "I hope you have a television", as opposed to "I want you to have a television"?

[ceaer]

hope = esperar

Eu espero que você tenha uma televisão

[SnakeBelmont]

the exercise means I want you to have a television (I know you havent it, you must have one now)

[PhillipBro6]

Eu gostaria que você tivesse um televisão.

[Paulenrique]

Uma televisão*

[PHScanes]

Usually people say and write only "TV" [te-ve]

[UserBob]

I think in "BBC" or "Nat Geo", not in a tv.

[EricMehl]

Big problem here. Subjunctive is a mood change tense. If you use the equivalent Portuguese for I want you to have a television. It would read Eu quero que você tem uma televisão. But subjunctive in this case with the verb tenha is just a supposition, not a definite fact. It's a vague statement because the speaker really doesn't know if the person really has a tv or not. Really, all the answers in this part don't take this in account, and don't go beyond the literal to the more subtle
difference between Portuguese, and English.

[SnakeBelmont]

If I want that it is because the person does not have one.
If I do not know I should say I hope.

[phaeluis]

"i want that you have a television" is also accepted. Emeyr, olha só aquele problema aqui de novo! Or is different?

[emeyr]

DL's software made a mistake.

These verbs trigger the subjunctive: urge, demand, recommend, suggest, etc., but not "want".

Dear phaeIuis, I recommend that you not say: "I want that you have a televsion." ;)

http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/subjunctive.html

[Paulenrique]

DL is being too literal. "I want you to have a television" is right.

[phaeluis]

Thanks!

[Paulie-Waulie]

So... what conjugation is "tenha" right now? I'm confused

[Paulenrique]

Presente do subjuntivo.

[Paulie-Waulie]

And... why?
I (think) understand when it is being used in other cases (in "if ..." type scenarios) but why can't I just say: "Eu quero que você tem um televisão". Is that sentence meaningless / wrong?

[Paulenrique]

Many subjunctive statements are "triggered" by some key words, "Querer que" requires the use of subjunctive, as many other sentences that include "que" and express thoughts, feelings, wishes and hopes.

[Paulie-Waulie]

OK, thanks again for a swift reply. Guess I should just wish myself good luck on this one, it seems like a verb form I'm never going to get properly.

[Paulenrique]

It seems it can be pretty hard for non-natives! :s Hope it can come to your mind naturally! =)

[SnakeBelmont]

you will get it with time.

[Robleh100]

Now, oh non-existent God, I know that an algorithm is doing this thing. I mean come on! I want that you have a television? Of course, the translation for this is " I wish that you had a television"

[emeyr]

"Want" is followed by an infinitive clause.

I want you to have a television.

subjunctive:

I wish that you had a television.
Eu gostaria/ queria que você tivesse uma televisão.