LingoflyWishes: que + subjuntiu — Que aprofite!
The Valencian wish is built like a small prayer: que plus present de subjuntiu, the form for what is not yet real. For example: “Que t'aprofite el sopar de festa!” — Enjoy your meal at the festive dinner! A rule from the Valencian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The Valencian wish is built like a small prayer: que plus present de subjuntiu, the form for what is not yet real.
Que aprofite! — enjoy your meal, literally "may it do you good". Que et vaja bé! — all the best.
The set is worth learning as whole phrases: Que et millores! — get well, Que complisques molts anys! — long life to you.
The form here is not fear but politeness: the wish leaves the outcome to heaven, not to the speaker.
Table
| wish | when it is said |
|---|---|
| Que aprofite! | at the table, serving |
| Que et vaja bé! | at parting |
| Que et millores! | to somebody ill |
| Que complisques molts anys! | on a birthday |
By example
- Que t'aprofite el sopar de festa!Enjoy your meal at the festive dinner!
- Que et vaja bé a la nova feina!Good luck at the new job!
- Que et millores de pressa!Get well soon!
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Wishes: how does it work in Valencian?
The Valencian wish is built like a small prayer: que plus present de subjuntiu, the form for what is not yet real.
What does it look like in a Valencian example sentence?
“Que t'aprofite el sopar de festa!” — Enjoy your meal at the festive dinner! A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.