voulait que vienne

Question

Instead of "Il voulait que je vienne à Pâques" can one say "Il me voulait venir à Pâques"? What's the difference?

Accepted Answer

Bonjour Kalpana, 
No, I am afraid you cannot say this.
Sometimes you can avoid the subjunctive but not when the subjects are different as in this case.
For instance, you could say -
Il voulait venir chez moi à Pâques = He wanted to come to my house at Easter
as the verbs refer to one subject 'il'.
In your case it has to be vouloir que + subjunctive 
Il voulait que je vienne à Pâques = He wanted me to come
Bonne Continuation !

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Thank you, this is super helpful!