The French Subjunctive Made Easy - Complete French Conjugation Course

How to use the French Subjunctive in French/le subjonctif en français? The French subjunctive can be tricky to learn, but this step-by-step French course will teach you everything from rules to exceptions, including many examples.
Learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the French subjunctive and irregular verbs, such as AVOIR, ÊTRE, ALLER, FAIRE, SAVOIR, and more!
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0:00 Intro
00:14 The French Subjunctive Textbook
01:23 What is The French Subjunctive?
04:01 Conjugation - The French Present Subjunctive
05:38 Building the present subjunctive - verbs ending in -er
17:20 Building the present subjunctive - verbs ending in -ir
19:37 Building the present subjunctive - verbs ending in -re
21:52 Building the present subjunctive - irregular verbs - Avoir - Être - Aller - Faire - ...
30:12 Building the present subjunctive - reflexive verbs
31:19 Conjugation - The French Past Subjunctive
32:29 What is a French past participle
35:33 Building the past subjunctive with avoir
37:26 Building the past subjunctive with être
41:10 Agreement - Past subjunctive with avoir
43:43 Building the past subjunctive of reflexive verbs
44:34 When to Use The French Present & Past Subjunctive?
45:05 What is a subordinate clause?
47:33 Easy way to remember when to use it
48:38 When to use the French present subjunctive or the past subjunctive?
50:04 Wishes
52:10 Emotions
53:49 Impersonal expressions
55:33 Regrets & Recommendations
56:25 Doubts
57:27 Opinions
58:48 After some conjunctions
59:45 Indicative only in French
01:00:25 Il faut que
01:02:28 The superlative & limiting adjectives
01:04:36 The subjunctive and the imperative
01:05:59 The French ne explétif
01:08:07 The French subjunctive in specific cases
01:12:36 How to Avoid The French Subjunctive
01:17:31 The French Imperfect & Pluperfect Subjunctive
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Merci merci merci!!!! I’ve been waiting for this for months!!!! You did not disappoint! Best video about the French subjunctive on KZbin hands down! ❤❤❤ You literally go from A to Z with the French subjunctive 😊 Best French teacher ever! Thanks for all the time and effort you put into your videos and books! You rock! I do want to point out one thing though. At the beginning, you talked about the English subjunctive. You gave the example, “It’s time that she leaves.” That would actually be incorrect. The correct way to say that would be, “It is time that she leave.” No -s! In most cases, the subjunctive form of a verb is usually the third-person form of the verb with the ‑s dropped, but the verb to be is a special case. Basically the subjunctive mirrors the infinitive form of the verb in most cases. It’s only obvious that you’re using the subjunctive mood when you’re using the verb to be. The form of any other verb will remain unchanged. For example, “I request that you be there at 8 o’clock sharp.” It would be incorrect to say I request that you are there at 8 o’clock sharp. With all that being said, the subjunctive is rarely used, you will only see its use in very formal situations. In everyday conversation, English speakers will use an infinitive or a gerund instead of the subjunctive. For example, in natural conversation, I would say, “ It’s time for her to leave.” Instead of “It’s time that she leave.” The last one sounds way too formal. Sorry 😂 just wanted to share that because I love comparing English grammar/conjugation with Spanish and French❤ Anyway back to the main point…amazing video!!! Best explanation of the French subjunctive hands down! 😊

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Thanks so much for this video. Bien fait! As a Spanish and Italian speaker, this does my head in because in Spanish the rule for the present subjunctive is: if the verb ends in -er or -ir, then the endings change to -a. If -ar, then to -e. In Italian, -are to -i or -ere, -ire to a.

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Glad it helped ☺️

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Je viens de regarder ce video. Mes amis français m'ont conseillé d'éviter le subjonctif toujours s'il est possible! Donc, j'ai beaucoup oublié depuis que je l'ai étudié. Merci pour un excellent revu. C'était super!

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Merci 🤩

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Waouh! C'est invraisemblable! Merci pour votre réponse! Mais j'ai fait quelques recherches 1. L'imparfait du subjonctif Il est remplacé par le subjonctif présent ou le conditionnel. 2. Le plus-que-parfait du subjonctif Il est remplacé par le subjonctif présent, le conditionnel passé.

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I am so glad it helps :)

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I am so glad you like my lessons 😍 I think I have seen your comments on my Instagram as well. Don't hesitate to email me if you want to talk about which book to start with :)

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Thank you so much for supporting my work! I am so glad you enjoy my books 🤩 As for C1-C2 books, C1 C2 is about fluency, so use regular books, watch TV and listen to podcasts. There are technically no rules to know for C1 C2. I specialize in A1 to B2 with all the rules :) So to be short, read whatever you are interested in but in French :)

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Madame Dylane, Infinite gratitude for your noble and hard work. I followed all your lessons from the alphabet until now that I only have few lessons to finish from your self study guide. I had studied all your lessons many times and I still diligently study for many hours every day 7 days a week. For this brilliant lesson I have a question, why is it that I am not able to see what is so different as you say in the verb ir grandir conjugation in the subjunctive present from the er conjugation verbs ? I keep pounding my head about it.

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It's all about the stem Ruth :)

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