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1
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Subjunctive tenses

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Present, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect

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2
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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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3
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When is the imperfect and pluperfect subjunctive used?

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Literary and formal texts

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4
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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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5
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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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23
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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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24
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How to form perfect subjunctive?

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Auxiliary = present subjunctive + past participle

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25
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Falloir

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Faut

26
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What does the subjunctive mood present the utterance as?

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Interpretative, inactualized, uncertain, imagined

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What does the subjunctive mood express?

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Attitudes, feelings, judgements

28
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: j’aimerais que

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Desire

29
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: nous tenons à ce que

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Wish

30
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: ils veulent bien que

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Will

31
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: il vaudrait mieux que

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Preference

32
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: je recommande que

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Recommendation

33
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: il exige que

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Demand

34
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: elle craint que

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Fear

35
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What triggers the subjunctive after these phrases: je doute que/ça m’étonnerait que

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Doubt

36
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: je n’arrive pas à croire que

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Disbelief

37
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: je nie que

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Denial

38
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: ils refusent que

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Refusal

39
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What triggers the subjunctive after this phrase: je ne permets pas que

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Prohibition

40
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Will expressions of feelings/sentiments trigger the subjunctive?

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Yes

41
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If an event is probably going to happen what mood is used?

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Indicative

42
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If an event is improbable or only possible what mood is used?

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Subjunctive

43
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What mood do impersonal expressions of necessity require?

A

The subjunctive

44
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Il semble que +

A

Subjunctive (uncertainty)

45
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Il me semble que +

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Indicative (opinion)

46
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Il me semble important/difficile/etc +

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Subjunctive (sentiment)

47
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For verbs of thinking, when is the indicative/subjunctive used?

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The indicative is used when they are in the affirmative, the subjunctive is used when they are in the negative/interrogative

48
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What are some goal themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?

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pour que, afin que, de sorte que

49
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What are some restriction themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?

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sans que, à moins que

50
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What are some concession themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?

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quoique, bien que

51
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What are some condition themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?

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pourvu que, à condition que

52
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What are some time with end-goal themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?

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en attendant que, jusqu’à ce que

53
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What are some fear themed conjunctions which trigger the subjunctive?

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de peur que, de crainte que

54
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Avant que +

A

Subjunctive

55
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Après que +

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Indicative

56
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Which structures trigger the pleonastic ‘ne’

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avant que, sans que, à moins que, jusqu’à ce que, de crainte que, de peur que, craindre que, avoir peur que

57
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What doesn’t the pleonastic ‘ne’ do?

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It does not denote a negation and it is never compulsory to include

58
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When is the infinitive used instead of the subjunctive?

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When the subject of the dependent clause is the same as the subject of the main clause

59
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When the infinitive is used rather than the subjunctive what changes in the prepositional phrases?

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‘Que’ becomes ‘de’

60
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Three main antecedent triggers of the subjunctive

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When the antecedent is inactualized, superlative or an indefinite pronoun

61
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Which words trigger the subjunctive?

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Whether, whoever, wherever, whatever, however

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