Imperfect subjunctive Putting together the uses

Formation review Passé simple stem + endings Er - asse, asses, at, assions, assiez, assent Ir- isse, isses, it, issions, issiez, issent Re - usse, usses, ut, ussions, ussiez, ussent

Irregulars Etre - fu stem + re verb endings Faire - fi stem + ir verb endings Avoir - eu stem + re verb endings

So we have a general idea how to form and use the imperfect subjunctive Let's put them together

"Concordance du temps" - what you do to one side, you do to the other If you have an expression of doubt, relative clauses, volition, emotion, or academic expressions After your que goes the subjunctive

What is NEVER subjunctive? Penser Trouver Croire Etre sur que

But when you try and say its already happened, your first half might need to be imperfect Il faut que becomes il fallait que Je veux que becomes je voulais que Il doute que becomes il doutait que Je cherche quelqu'un qui becomes je cherchais quelqu'un qui Tu aimes que becomes tu aimais que

So wait, if I am talking about what happened, does it go to past or imperfect? Imperfect: emotion, details, what was going on, no definite time Past: one definitive time. This is pretty rare. Things like 'il a fallu que il ait regarde.' 'It was (at one point in time) necessary that he saw (one point in time)

What does this look like with academic? Il allait pour que Elle quittat