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Subjunctive Flashcards

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Subjunctive tenses

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Present, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect

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When is the present and perfect subjunctive used?

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Everyday written and spoken french

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When is the imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive used?

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Literary and formal texts

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How to form present subjunctive

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Take third person plural form of indicative present, remove -ent add subjunctive endings

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Present subjunctive endings

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e, es, e, ions, iez, ent

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Avoir subjunctive endings

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aie, aies, ait, ayons, ayez, aient

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Être subjunctive endings

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sois, sois, soit, soyons, soyez, soient

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Stem for pouvoir

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Puiss

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Stem for faire

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Fass

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Stem for savoir

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Sach

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Aller je vs nous

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j’aille vs nous allions

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Valoir je vs nous

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je vaille vs nous valions

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Vouloir je vs nous

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je veuille vs nous voulions

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Boire all vs nous/vous

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je boive vs nous buvions

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Croire all vs nous/vous

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je croie vs nous croyions

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Devoir all vs nous/vous

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je doive vs nous devions

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Mourir all vs nous/vous

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je meure vs nous mourions

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Prendre all vs nous/vous

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je prenne vs nous prenions

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Recevoir all vs nous/vous

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je reçoive vs nous recevions

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Tenir all vs nous/vous

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je tienne vs nous tenions

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Venir all vs nous/vous

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je vienne vs nous venions

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Voir all vs nous/vous

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je voie vs nous voyions

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Verbs which end in ier end with?

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-ii- plus endings in nous/vous forms

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How to form perfect subjunctive?

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Auxiliary = present subjunctive + past participle

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Falloir
Faut
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What does the subjunctive mood present the utterance as?
Interpretative, inactualized, uncertain, imagined
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What does the subjunctive mood express?
Attitudes, feelings, judgements
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: j'aimerais que
Desire
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: nous tenons à ce que
Wish
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: ils veulent bien que
Will
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: il vaudrait mieux que
Preference
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: je recommande que
Recommendation
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: il exige que
Demand
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: elle craint que
Fear
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What triggers the subjunctive after these phrases: je doute que/ça m'étonnerait que
Doubt
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: je n'arrive pas à croire que
Disbelief
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: je nie que
Denial
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: ils refusent que
Refusal
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: je ne permets pas que
Prohibition
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Will expressions of feelings/sentiments trigger the subjunctive?
Yes
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If an event is probably going to happen what mood is used?
Indicative
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If an event is improbable or only possible what mood is used?
Subjunctive
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What mood do impersonal expressions of necessity require?
The subjunctive
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Il semble que +
Subjunctive (uncertainty)
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Il me semble que +
Indicative (opinion)
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Il me semble important/difficile/etc +
Subjunctive (sentiment)
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For verbs of thinking, when is the indicative/subjunctive used?
The indicative is used when they are in the affirmative, the subjunctive is used when they are in the negative/interrogative
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What are some goal themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?
pour que, afin que, de sorte que
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What are some restriction themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?
sans que, à moins que
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What are some concession themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?
quoique, bien que
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What are some condition themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?
pourvu que, à condition que
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What are some time with end-goal themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?
en attendant que, jusqu'à ce que
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What are some fear themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?
de peur que, de crainte que
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Avant que +
Subjunctive
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Après que +
Indicative
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Which structures trigger the pleonastic 'ne'
avant que, sans que, à moins que, jusqu'à ce que, de crainte que, de peur que, craindre que, avoir peur que
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What doesn't the pleonastic 'ne' do?
It does not denote a negation and it is never compulsory to include
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When is the infinitive used instead of the subjunctive?
When the subject of the dependent clause is the same as the subject of the main clause
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When the infinitive is used rather than the subjunctive what changes in the prepositional phrases?
'Que' becomes 'de'
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Three main antecedent triggers of the subjunctive
When the antecedent is inactualized, superlative or an indefinite pronoun
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Which words trigger the subjunctive?
Whether, whoever, wherever, whatever, however

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