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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-à-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’à 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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