Phrase · 🌠 Wishes & hopes

Espero que você goste.

I hope you like it.

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Why every word is where it is

Espero1verbI hopeesperar · present · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatvocê2pronounyou3rd sing. · subjectgoste3verblikegostar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing..

Espero → goste: trigger
você → goste: subject

Word for word: “I hope that you like.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Espero que + another person → subjunctive. Same subject: Espero ver você. Subjunctive after wishes, requests & emotions →
2
você takes the 3rd-person verb form, like Spanish usted, but it is informal. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
3
goste (gosto → goste). With gostar, the person who likes is the subject: você goste. Present subjunctive: forms →

Variations

Tomara que você goste!
Espero que vocês gostem.
Espero que goste.