The present subjunctive: how to form it

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Lesson 5 · Grammar primer

The present subjunctive: how to form it

The mechanical rule: take the ils form of the present (ils parlent), drop the -ent, add -e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, -ent. The nous / vous forms borrow the imperfect stem, plus the handful of irregulars you memorise - etre, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, savoir, vouloir, falloir.

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Lesson 9 · Grammar primer

The subjunctive after necessity and will

il faut que, vouloir que, il vaut mieux que and the rest of the necessity-and-will triggers, governed by the different-subject rule: je veux partir (same subject, infinitive) vs je veux que tu partes (different subjects, subjunctive).

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Story milestone: top 1700 words

You can read this story using only the words you've learned so far. Every content word sits at or above the rank-1700 ceiling.