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20.10.

2024 10:33 Conjugating Regular French Verbs in the Subjunctive

Languages › French › Grammar

Conjugating Regular
French Verbs in the
Subjunctive
Subjunctive conjugations are straightforward, especially with regular
verbs

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ThoughtCo

By ThoughtCo Team
Updated on February 18, 2020

A mood is a special verb form that describes a subject's attitude. In French, the
subjunctive mood essentially expresses subjectivity and unreality. It is used
with actions or ideas that are subjective or otherwise uncertain, such as will or
wanting, emotion, doubt, possibility, necessity, and judgment.

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When to Use the Subjunctive


To be more specific, this mood is used with:

Expressions of will (orders, advice, desires)

Emotions and feelings

Opinion, possibility, doubt

Affirmative versus negative statements

Conjunctive phrases

Superlatives

Negative and indefinite pronouns

The subjunctive mood is nearly always found in dependent clauses introduced


by que or qui, and the subjects of the dependent and main clauses are usually
different. For example,

Je veux que tu le fasses. –> I want you to do it.

Il faut que nous partions. –> We have to leave.

The Regular Subjunctive


While it may take a while to fully understand how to use the subjunctive,
conjugating it is relatively straightforward, especially with regular verbs. To
conjugate all regular verbs ending in -er, -ir, and -re, as well as some irregular
ones, start with the third person plural ils form of the present tense of the verb.
Then just drop the -ent ending to find the stem and add the subjunctive
endings.

One thing to keep in mind is that there is no future tense in the subjunctive. It's
also important to know that many verbs that are irregular in the present tense
are regular in the subjunctive, including all -ir verbs conjugated
like partir and sortir and -re verbs conjugated like mettre.

Conjugating the Regular Subjunctive


To conjugate regular subjunctive verbs, the key is to find the verb's third person
plural form in the present tense, identify the stem and add all of the subjunctive
endings to that stem. As a general rule, adhere to the conjugation patterns
shown below in number and person:

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