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Chapitre 4

Chapitre 4. Grammaire 2. The verb tenses you have learned so far belong to the indicative mood. There is another mood called the subjunctive mood. In certain situations, you must use the subjunctive! Use the subjunctive with expressions of necessity, desire and emotions.

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Chapitre 4

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  1. Chapitre 4 Grammaire 2

  2. The verb tenses you have learned so far belong to the indicativemood. There is another mood called the subjunctive mood. In certain situations, you must use the subjunctive! • Use the subjunctive with expressions of necessity, desire and emotions. • Il fautque… (It’s necessary that…) • Je désireque… (I desire that…) • Je suistristeque… (I am sad that…) Le Subjonctif

  3. To form the subjunctive of most verbs, take the present indicative ils/elles form and drop the –ent, then add the subjunctive endings: -e -ions -es -iez -e -ent Forming the subjunctive

  4. Regular verbs

  5. Some verbs, like prendre, venir and voir have a different stem for the nous and vous forms. Take the nous form of the present indicative, drop –ons and add the subjunctive endings: -ions and –iez. Verbs with different nous and vous forms!

  6. prendre venir voir

  7. aller avoir être Aller, avoir and être are irregular in the subjunctive!

  8. faire pouvoir Faire and pouvoir are also irregular in the subjunctive!

  9. The subjunctive is used with phrases of necessity, desire or emotion (to name a few) as stated earlier. • You must have a sentence with two clauses and two different subjects to use the subjunctive. • If the sentence has two clauses with the same subject in each the infinitive of the verb will be used, not the subjunctive. • If the second clause uses avoir or être add de before the infinitive. Using the subjunctive

  10. Expressions of necessity Il fautque… (It’s necessary that…) Il estessentielque… (It’s essential that…) Il faudraitque… (It would be necessary that…) Il estnécessaireque… (It’s necessary that…) Il est important que… (It’s important that…) Il vaudraitmieuxque… (It would be better that…) The subjunctive after expressions of necessity:

  11. Expressions of desire Je désireque… (I desire that…) Je souhaiteque… (I wish that…) J’aienvieque… (I feel that…) Je voudraisque… (I would like that…) The subjunctive after expressions of desire

  12. Expressions of emotion Je suisdésolé(e) que… (I am sorry that…) Je suis content(e) que… (I am happy that…) Je suisravi(e) que… (I am delighted that…) Je suistristeque… (I am sad that…) Je suisheureux(-se) que… (I am happy that…) C’estdommageque… (It’s too bad that…) The subjunctive after expressions of emotion

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