Subjonctif avec conjonctions
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Many French conjunctions and conjunctive phrases require the subjunctive, notably those which link cause and effect:
| à condition que | provided that | |
| à moins que* | unless | |
| à supposer que | assuming that | |
| afin que | so that | |
| avant que* | before | |
| bien que | although | |
| de crainte que* | for fear that | |
| de façon que | so that, in order that, in such a way that | |
| de manière que | so that | |
| de peur que* | for fear that | |
| de sorte que | so that | |
| en admettant que | assuming that | |
| en attendant que | while, until | |
| encore que | even though | |
| jusqu’à ce que | until | |
| où que | wherever | |
| pour que | so that | |
| pourvu que | provided that | |
| qui que | whoever | |
| quoique | even though | |
| quoi que | whatever, no matter what | |
| sans que* | without |
* These conjunctions call for the ne explétif.
No subjunctive
Conjunctions that express a simple reality do not call for the subjunctive:
| ainsi que | just as, so as | |
| alors que | while, whereas | |
| après que** | after, when | |
| aussitôt que** | as soon as | |
| car | since, because | |
| depuis que | since | |
| dès que** | as soon as, immediately | |
| en même temps que | at the same time that | |
| lorsque** | when | |
| parce que | because | |
| pendant que | while | |
| plutôt que | instead of, rather than | |
| puisque | since, as | |
| quand** | when | |
| tandis que | while, whereas | |
| une fois que** | once |
** These conjunctions are followed by the future tense or the future perfect in French, even though in English we use the present tense.
More French Subjunctive
- Introduction to the subjunctive
- Regular subjunctive conjugations
- Irregular subjunctive conjugations
- The Subjunctivisor!
- La chanson du subjonctif
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