que ele fosse

that he would go

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that he would go Used in clauses after verbs like ask, want, or demand; it’s the past subjunctive form.
PO: Ela queria que ele fosse com ela.
EN: She wanted him to go with her.

Eu não queria que ele fosse, mas ele não teria me escutado.

I didn’t want him to go, but he wouldn’t have listened to me.

— O Carteiro e o Poeta (1994)

Tom sabia que nós queríamos que ele fosse conosco?

Did Tom know that we wanted him to come with us?

Queria que ele fosse à reunião comigo.

I wanted him to come to the meeting with me.

Ela pediu que ele fosse ao médico.

She asked him to go to the doctor.

O doutor recomendou que ele fosse mais devagar com o álcool.

The doctor recommended that he go easier on the alcohol.

Ela não queria que ele fosse ao estrangeiro.

She didn’t want him to go abroad.

Exigiu que ele fosse ao tribunal prestar depoimento.

He demanded that he appear in court to testify.

Não pensei que ele fosse ter este destino.

I didn’t think this would be his fate.

— Rashomon (1950)

Eu queria que ele fosse .

I wanted him to go there.