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grammar
When is the subjunctive required in French?
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Model answer
After expressions of will, emotion, necessity, doubt, or possibility followed by que + a different subject: "Je veux que tu viennes." Also after certain conjunctions: avant que, pour que, bien que, quoique, jusqu'à ce que.
Why
Subjunctive endings (regular): -e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, -ent. Often identical to present indicative except in nous/vous forms.
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