1. Le Subjonctif Français IV

2. Pourquoi est-ce que le subjonctif existe? The subjunctive is one of four moods in French Imperative Conditional Indicative Subjunctive A mood is used to categorize verb tenses

3. Cont. The subjective is used to express an attitude, an opinion or personal will, or to imply doubt or a hypothesis. The subjunctive will occur in a subordinate clause when there are two different subjects being used. The clauses will usually be connected by the conjunction que.

4. Comment former le subjonctif au présent? Take the ils/elles form of a verb in present tense and remove the ent Then add the following endings: e es e ions iez ent

5. Stem-changing verbs Use the same pattern to form the subjunctive with stem- changing or spelling changing verbs that you see in the indicative. achète/achètes/achète/achetions/achetiez/achètent croie/croies/croie/ croyions/croyiez/croient prenne/prennes/prenne/prenions/preniez/prennent

6. Le Subjonctif Usually the subjunctive will appear in sentences with the following pattern: [main clause] + que + [subordinate clause] In each case, the subjects of the two clauses will be different

7. Exemples MAIN CLAUSECONNECTIONSUBORDINATE CLAUSE Il est étonnant que Theirry ne connaisse pas ses parents. Il est essentielqueje prenne les meilleures notes.

8. Ce n’est pas la peine queIt is not worth it that Il est bon queIt is good that Il est dommage queIt is a shame that Il est essentiel queIt is essential that Il est étonnant queIt is surprising that Il est important queIt is important that Il est indispensable queIt is essential that Il est nécessaire queIt is necessary that Il est possible queIt is possible that Il faut queIt is necessary that Il vaut mieux queIt is better that