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I want to know if all the following sentences are acceptable as translations for
My friends want us to meet up.
Some contain the subjunctive, one does not.
Mis amigas quieren que nos reunamos (subj.)
Mis amigas quieren reunirnos.
Mis amigas quieren que nos encontremos (subj.)
Mis amigas quieren que quedemos (subj.)
I wonder if number 2 is correct because another similar example may be used e.g. Quiero hablarte.
Am I correct with all of them or only some?
Sentences (1) and (3):
- Mis amigas quieren que nos reunamos.
- Mis amigas quieren que nos encontremos.
are correct and similar in meaning. They are also equally ambiguous, both in English and in Spanish -- does "us" (or "nos") include "my friends" (or "mis amigas") or not?
(2) is also correct but different from (1) and (3) in that it is not ambiguous:
- Mis amigas quieren reunirnos.
as in this case "nos" does not include my friends. A possible context would be that the girls want some other people (including the speaker) to reunite.
Sentence (4):
- Mis amigas quieren que quedemos.
sounds incomplete to me, except in some very specific context, like "quedar en un concurso" (remain in a competition).
If the intention is to say My friends want us to stay we should remember that this use of the verb is pronominal in Spanish:
Again, it is unclear whether the first person plural includes "mis amigas" or not.
"Quedar" is the most common use in Spain in informal environments, typically with friends.
- Mis amigas quieren que quedemos.
(4) is what any teenager would tell her mother, who would use a standard reply: "Vale, pero termina antes los deberes y no vuelvas tarde".
Any other of the options would be suspicious to a mother.
- Mis amigas quieren que nos reunamos.
(1) implies there is some special meeting, may be to make an important decision. Any mother would want to investigate further, so no teenager would say this unless she is willing to explain why.
- Mis amigas quieren que nos encontremos.
(3) is correct but seldom used. Her mother would think about her daughter's language for the rest of the day.
- Mis amigas quieren reunirnos.
(2) has a different meaning. As if your friends wanted to put you and some others in a place, like cattle, for example. Mother really concerned.
