The Subjunctivisor!
Does pendant que require the subjunctive?
No, pendant que does not take the subjunctive:
Par exemple…
Je vais à la poste pendant que tu vas à la boulangerie.
I’ll go to the post office while you go to the bakery.
Pendant que is a conjunctive phrase.
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