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Locutions conjonctives
Two or more words often join to create a conjunctive phrase, which just means a series of words that acts like a conjunction.
Par exemple…
On mangera maintenant afin que tu partes de bonne heure. | We’ll eat now so that you can leave early. | |
Bien que je sois fatigué, je vais finir ce travail. | Even though I’m tired, I’m going to finish this work. |
Most conjunctive phrases end in que; the rest in où, si, or même. Regardless, they are all are subordinating conjunctions.
French conjunctive phrases
Notes | |||
à condition que | provided that | * | |
afin que | so that | * | |
ainsi que | just as, so as | ||
alors que | while, whereas | ||
à mesure que | as (progressively) | ||
à moins que | unless | ** | |
après que | after, when | *** | |
à supposer que | assuming that | * | |
au cas où | in case | ||
au fur et à mesure que | as | ||
afin que | so that | * | |
au lieu que | rather than | * | |
aussitôt que | as soon as | *** | |
avant que | before | ** | |
bien que | although | * | |
c’est-Ã -dire que | meaning, that is to say | ||
comme si | as if | ||
dans la mesure où | inasmuch/insofar as | ||
dans le cas où | |||
dans l’hypothèse où | in the event that | ||
de crainte que | for fear that | ** | |
de façon que | in such a way that, so that | ||
de manière que | so that | * | |
de même que | just as | ||
de peur que | for fear that | ** | |
depuis que | since | ||
de sorte que | so that, in such a way that | * | |
dès que | as soon as | *** | |
en admettant que | assuming that | * | |
en attendant que | while, until | * | |
en même temps que | at the same time that | ||
en supposant que | while, until | * | |
encore que | even though | * | |
jusqu’Ã ce que | until | * | |
même si | even if/though | ||
parce que | because | ||
pendant que | while | ||
plutôt que | rather than | * | |
pour que | so that | * | |
pourvu que | provided that | * | |
quand bien même | even though/if | ||
quoi que | whatever, no matter what | * | |
sans que | without | ** | |
sauf que | except that | ||
selon que | according to, depending on | ||
sitôt que | as soon as | ||
suivant que | according to, depending on | ||
supposé que | supposing | * | |
tandis que | while, whereas | ||
tant que | as long as | ||
une fois que | once | *** | |
vu que | seeing as/that |
Notes
* Requires subjunctive
** Requires subjunctive and triggers ne explétif
*** May require the future
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I can learn anything in french except these. I can’t never remember which one to use when I need it. Any tips to learn them?
I’d say come up with 2 or 3 sentences for each one, and work on memorizing those.
I have the same problem. I think it’s due to the fact that the meanings in English are so similar: I’d be hard pressed to tell you the difference between “although,” “even though,” “whereas,” etc. So, maybe the best approach is the group them by similar meaning, and master one group at a time.