FREN 3051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Infinitive, Pronoun, Possessive
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There are several ways of avoiding the subjunctive in french: use a noun. If you used a noun instead of a verb, there would be no problem at all this applies mostly to (cid:1688)avant que(cid:1689). Il finit avant le d part de sa femme (instead of il finit avant que sa femme ne parte): make a general statement. Instead of applying your sentence to one specific person, make a general statement. Il faut faire du sport (instead of (cid:1688)il faut que tu fasses du sport(cid:1689): find a way around it use two sentences if need be. Je l(cid:1685) xige. (instead of (cid:1688)j(cid:1685)exige que tu partes imm diatement(cid:1689)) It can be: physical (to walk, to run, to go), mental (to think, to laugh), or a condition (to be, to have). A verb is (cid:1688)conjugated(cid:1689) to match (we also say to agree with) its subject: he does, she has, the dogs were .
