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Le subjonctif !

Le subjonctif !. Incroyable , non?. Quel est le subjonctif ?. There are three primary moods in French: Indicative : She is doing her homework. – Elle fait ses devoirs. Imperative : Do your homework! – Fais tes devoirs! Subjunctive :

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Le subjonctif !

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  1. Le subjonctif! Incroyable, non?

  2. Quelest le subjonctif? There are three primary moods in French: Indicative: She is doing her homework. – Elle fait ses devoirs. Imperative: Do your homework! – Faistes devoirs! Subjunctive: The professor demands that she do her homework. – Le profexigequ’ellefasseses devoirs.

  3. Quelest le subjonctif? The subjunctive mood is used to express: • wishes des souhaits • desires des désirs • necessities des nécessités • emotions des émotions; des sentiments • opinions des opinions • doubts des doutes • suppositions des suppositions; des hypothèses

  4. Quelest le subjonctif? It is nearly always found in dependent clauses introduced byqueor qui, and the subjects of the main and dependent clauses are usually different.

  5. Comment faire le subjonctif? To form the subjunctive, one takes the present tense ils/elles form of a verb, drops the –ent, and adds the following endings: -e -ions -es -iez -e -ent

  6. Exemple: -erverbe rentrer que je rentreque nous rentrions queturentresquevousrentriez qu’il/ellerentrequ’ils/ellesrentrent

  7. Exemple: -irverbe finir que je finisseque nous finissions quetufinissesquevousfinissiez qu’il/ellefinissequ’ils/ellesfinissent

  8. Exemple: -re verbe vendre que je vendeque nous vendions quetuvendesquevousvendiez qu’il/ellevendequ’ils/ellesvendent

  9. Faites attention! Verbs that have vowel changes in the present tense will keep these vowel changes in the subjunctive. acheter: j’achète nous achetions completer: je complète nous complétions

  10. Des verbesirréguliers Most irregular verbs follow the same pattern:

  11. Des verbesirréguliers Other verbs in the same category as lire, écrire, etjoindreinclude dire and mettre (and other forms, such as promettre, permettre, transmettre, etc).

  12. Des verbesirréguliers Some verbs have stem changes in the nous and vousform, such as:

  13. Des verbesirréguliers There are seven irregular verbs in the subjunctive: aller avoir être faire pouvoir vouloir savoir

  14. aller quej’ailleque nous allions quetuaillesquevousalliez qu’il/elleaillequ’ils/ellesaillent

  15. avoir quej’aieque nous ayons quetuaiesquevousayez qu’il/elleaitqu’ils/ellesaient

  16. être que je soisque nous soyons quetusoisquevoussoyez qu’il/ellesoitqu’ils/ellessoient

  17. faire que je fasseque nous fassions quetufassesquevousfassiez qu’il/ellefassequ’ils/ellesfassent

  18. vouloir que je veuilleque nous voulions quetuveuillesquevousvouliez qu’il/elleveuillequ’ils/ellesveuillent

  19. pouvoir que je puisseque nous puissions quetupuissesquevouspuissiez qu’il/ellepuissequ’ils/ellespuissent

  20. savoir que je sacheque nous sachions quetusachesquevoussachiez qu’il/ellesachequ’ils/ellessachent

  21. and two more… falloirilfaille valoirilvaille

  22. Special spelling The verbs rire, étudier, and oublier will have two “i”s in their nous and vous forms. The verb croire will have a “y” in those forms.

  23. Verbes qui exigent le subjonctif

  24. Verbes qui exigent le subjonctif

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