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We don’t really know the subjonctif (subjunctive) in Dutch. But you regularly come across it in French. That can sometimes cause headaches. Time to take a look!<\/p>\n
You use the subjonctif when there is something subjective. The verb form occurs in a subordinate clause, after the word ‘que’. The main clause must contain a verb that expresses a will or wish, a feeling, necessity, (im) possibility or uncertainty.<\/p>\n
So a sentence like “I’m not sure she knows him well” would call for the subjonctif in French. After all: ‘I’m not sure’ is the main clause containing an uncertainty, and ‘whether she knows him well’ is the subordinate clause.<\/p>\n
You come across the subjonctif a lot when there is a need. Something has to be done and then you start the sentence with ‘Il faut que\u2026’, after which the verb is in subjonctif.<\/p>\n
How do you make it subjonctif?<\/strong><\/p>\n Step 1<\/strong> : you take the stem of the verb; for this you take the ils form of the verb and subtract the ending -ent. So with the verb ‘r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir’ (to think) it goes like this. So translate the earlier example ‘I’m not sure she knows him well’ as: ‘Je ne suis pas s\u00fbr qu’elle le connaisse bien.’<\/p>\n Some more examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n Exception:<\/strong> if the verb conjugation at ‘nous’ and ‘vous’ changes completely, then the stem of the verb in the subjonctif form changes along with ‘nous’ and ‘vous’.<\/p>\n See for example the verb ‘boire’. Step 1 (take the trunk): ils boivent and nous buvons. Step 2: que je boive, que tu boives, qu’il boive, que nous buvions, que vous buviez, qu’ils boivent.<\/p>\n The irregular verbs (\u00eatre, avoir, faire, aller, pouvoir, vouloir, savoir, falloir, etc.) would not be irregular if they were not also given special conjugations in the subjonctif. That is – unfortunately – a matter of memorization.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_sidebar area=”sidebar-1″ _builder_version=”3.22.7″][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Headaches: the subjonctif We don’t really know the subjonctif (subjunctive) in Dutch. But you regularly come across it in French. That can sometimes cause headaches. Time to take a look! You use the subjonctif when there is something subjective. The verb form occurs in a subordinate clause, after the word ‘que’. The main clause must […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Step 2<\/strong> : behind the stem you paste -e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, -ent.<\/p>\n
Step 1<\/strong> : take the stem (from ‘ils r\u00e9fl\u00e9chissent’) r\u00e9fl\u00e9chiss-.
Step 2<\/strong> : que je r\u00e9fl\u00e9chisse, que tu r\u00e9fl\u00e9chisses, qu’il r\u00e9fl\u00e9chisse, que nous r\u00e9fl\u00e9chissions, que vous r\u00e9fl\u00e9chissiez, qu’ils r\u00e9fl\u00e9chissent.<\/p>\n\n
> Marie souhaite que Max vienne.<\/li>\n
> Je veux que tu viennes m’aider.<\/li>\n
> Il faut que nous sortions maintenant.<\/li>\n
> C’est dommage que tu ait rat\u00e9 le spectacle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n