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The forms are regular for the overwhelming majority of verbs, the rule is one short instruction, and there are only about eight irregulars to memorise. This page is about building the forms. What makes the subjunctive appear in the first place - ",[61,62,63],"strong",{},"il faut que",", ",[61,66,67],{},"je veux que"," and the rest - lives on the ",[70,71,73],"a",{"href":72},"\u002Ffrench\u002Fgrammar\u002Fsubjonctif-after-necessity","subjunctive after necessity and will"," page. Learn the shapes here first, then learn what triggers them.",[57,76,77,78,81,82,84,85,87,88,64,91,94],{},"One fact to fix before anything else: the present subjunctive almost always turns up after ",[61,79,80],{},"que",". That little word is your signal. When you see or want ",[61,83,80],{}," introducing a clause with a new subject, the subjunctive is usually what follows. 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They sound the same too. The subjunctive only announces itself audibly in the nous and vous forms or in irregular verbs - which is precisely why the irregulars matter so much.",[96,405,407],{"id":406},"the-nous-and-vous-twist-the-imperfect-stem","The nous and vous twist: the imperfect stem",[57,409,410,411,414,415,418,419,422,423,64,426,418,429,422,432,435,436,438,439,194,441,444,445,448,449,451],{},"A large family of verbs has a stem that changes between the singular and the ",[61,412,413],{},"nous"," form in the present indicative - ",[61,416,417],{},"venir"," gives ",[61,420,421],{},"je viens"," but ",[61,424,425],{},"nous venons",[61,427,428],{},"prendre",[61,430,431],{},"je prends",[61,433,434],{},"nous prenons",". These two-stem verbs keep that split in the subjunctive. The je, tu, il and ils forms build on the ",[61,437,190],{}," stem; the ",[61,440,413],{},[61,442,443],{},"vous"," forms build on the ",[61,446,447],{},"imperfect"," stem (the ",[61,450,413],{},"-of-the-present stem), so they look identical to the imparfait.",[57,453,454,203,456,459,460,211],{},[61,455,417],{},[61,457,458],{},"viennent","; imperfect nous ",[61,461,462],{},"venions",[120,464,465,473],{},[123,466,467],{},[126,468,469,471],{},[129,470,131],{},[129,472,222],{},[136,474,475,482,489,495,501,508],{},[126,476,477,479],{},[141,478,143],{},[141,480,481],{},"vienne",[126,483,484,486],{},[141,485,151],{},[141,487,488],{},"viennes",[126,490,491,493],{},[141,492,159],{},[141,494,481],{},[126,496,497,499],{},[141,498,166],{},[141,500,462],{},[126,502,503,505],{},[141,504,174],{},[141,506,507],{},"veniez",[126,509,510,512],{},[141,511,182],{},[141,513,458],{},[57,515,516,203,518,459,521,211],{},[61,517,428],{},[61,519,520],{},"prennent",[61,522,523],{},"prenions",[120,525,526,534],{},[123,527,528],{},[126,529,530,532],{},[129,531,131],{},[129,533,222],{},[136,535,536,543,550,556,562,569],{},[126,537,538,540],{},[141,539,143],{},[141,541,542],{},"prenne",[126,544,545,547],{},[141,546,151],{},[141,548,549],{},"prennes",[126,551,552,554],{},[141,553,159],{},[141,555,542],{},[126,557,558,560],{},[141,559,166],{},[141,561,523],{},[126,563,564,566],{},[141,565,174],{},[141,567,568],{},"preniez",[126,570,571,573],{},[141,572,182],{},[141,574,520],{},[57,576,577,578,581,582,585,586,589,590,593,594,596,597,194,599,601],{},"The same pattern runs through ",[61,579,580],{},"boire"," (que je boive \u002F que nous buvions), ",[61,583,584],{},"devoir"," (que je doive \u002F que nous devions), ",[61,587,588],{},"voir"," (que je voie \u002F que nous voyions), ",[61,591,592],{},"recevoir"," (que je recoive \u002F que nous recevions) and others. The trick: build the four \"heavy\" forms off ",[61,595,190],{},", and let ",[61,598,413],{},[61,600,443],{}," copy the imparfait.",[96,603,605],{"id":604},"the-irregulars-you-have-to-memorise","The irregulars you have to memorise",[57,607,608],{},"Eight verbs ignore the rule. These are not optional - they are the highest-frequency verbs in the language, so you will need them constantly. Learn them as solid blocks.",[57,610,611,194,614,617],{},[61,612,613],{},"etre",[61,615,616],{},"avoir"," are the worst offenders, irregular throughout:",[120,619,620,630],{},[123,621,622],{},[126,623,624,626,628],{},[129,625,131],{},[129,627,613],{},[129,629,616],{},[136,631,632,642,651,661,671,681],{},[126,633,634,636,639],{},[141,635,143],{},[141,637,638],{},"sois",[141,640,641],{},"aie",[126,643,644,646,648],{},[141,645,151],{},[141,647,638],{},[141,649,650],{},"aies",[126,652,653,655,658],{},[141,654,159],{},[141,656,657],{},"soit",[141,659,660],{},"ait",[126,662,663,665,668],{},[141,664,166],{},[141,666,667],{},"soyons",[141,669,670],{},"ayons",[126,672,673,675,678],{},[141,674,174],{},[141,676,677],{},"soyez",[141,679,680],{},"ayez",[126,682,683,685,688],{},[141,684,182],{},[141,686,687],{},"soient",[141,689,690],{},"aient",[57,692,693,194,696,699],{},[61,694,695],{},"aller",[61,697,698],{},"vouloir"," keep an irregular stem in the four heavy forms but revert to a regular-looking stem for nous and vous - exactly the two-stem behaviour from the section above, just with an odd singular stem:",[120,701,702,712],{},[123,703,704],{},[126,705,706,708,710],{},[129,707,131],{},[129,709,695],{},[129,711,698],{},[136,713,714,724,734,742,752,762],{},[126,715,716,718,721],{},[141,717,143],{},[141,719,720],{},"aille",[141,722,723],{},"veuille",[126,725,726,728,731],{},[141,727,151],{},[141,729,730],{},"ailles",[141,732,733],{},"veuilles",[126,735,736,738,740],{},[141,737,159],{},[141,739,720],{},[141,741,723],{},[126,743,744,746,749],{},[141,745,166],{},[141,747,748],{},"allions",[141,750,751],{},"voulions",[126,753,754,756,759],{},[141,755,174],{},[141,757,758],{},"alliez",[141,760,761],{},"vouliez",[126,763,764,766,769],{},[141,765,182],{},[141,767,768],{},"aillent",[141,770,771],{},"veuillent",[57,773,774,775,422,778,781,782,422,785,788],{},"So ",[61,776,777],{},"que j'aille",[61,779,780],{},"que nous allions","; ",[61,783,784],{},"que je veuille",[61,786,787],{},"que nous voulions",". Miss this and you will produce the non-word \"que nous aillions\", which is wrong.",[57,790,791,64,794,194,797,800,801,64,804,64,807,810],{},[61,792,793],{},"faire",[61,795,796],{},"pouvoir",[61,798,799],{},"savoir"," are each built on a single irregular stem (",[61,802,803],{},"fass-",[61,805,806],{},"puiss-",[61,808,809],{},"sach-",") plus the standard endings, so they are mercifully consistent across all six persons:",[120,812,813,825],{},[123,814,815],{},[126,816,817,819,821,823],{},[129,818,131],{},[129,820,793],{},[129,822,796],{},[129,824,799],{},[136,826,827,840,853,863,876,889],{},[126,828,829,831,834,837],{},[141,830,143],{},[141,832,833],{},"fasse",[141,835,836],{},"puisse",[141,838,839],{},"sache",[126,841,842,844,847,850],{},[141,843,151],{},[141,845,846],{},"fasses",[141,848,849],{},"puisses",[141,851,852],{},"saches",[126,854,855,857,859,861],{},[141,856,159],{},[141,858,833],{},[141,860,836],{},[141,862,839],{},[126,864,865,867,870,873],{},[141,866,166],{},[141,868,869],{},"fassions",[141,871,872],{},"puissions",[141,874,875],{},"sachions",[126,877,878,880,883,886],{},[141,879,174],{},[141,881,882],{},"fassiez",[141,884,885],{},"puissiez",[141,887,888],{},"sachiez",[126,890,891,893,896,899],{},[141,892,182],{},[141,894,895],{},"fassent",[141,897,898],{},"puissent",[141,900,901],{},"sachent",[57,903,904,905,908,909,912,913,916,917,920],{},"Finally ",[61,906,907],{},"falloir",", the impersonal verb behind ",[61,910,911],{},"il faut",", exists only in the third person singular: the subjunctive is ",[61,914,915],{},"qu'il faille",". You meet it inside longer structures such as \"bien qu'il faille partir\" (although one has to leave). The same goes for ",[61,918,919],{},"pleuvoir"," (qu'il pleuve).",[57,922,923],{},"A short reference list to memorise:",[925,926,927,938,947,955,961,967,973,981],"ul",{},[928,929,930,932,933,935,936],"li",{},[61,931,613],{}," -> que je ",[61,934,638],{},", que nous ",[61,937,667],{},[928,939,940,942,943,935,945],{},[61,941,616],{}," -> que j'",[61,944,641],{},[61,946,670],{},[928,948,949,942,951,935,953],{},[61,950,695],{},[61,952,720],{},[61,954,748],{},[928,956,957,932,959],{},[61,958,793],{},[61,960,833],{},[928,962,963,932,965],{},[61,964,796],{},[61,966,836],{},[928,968,969,932,971],{},[61,970,799],{},[61,972,839],{},[928,974,975,932,977,935,979],{},[61,976,698],{},[61,978,723],{},[61,980,751],{},[928,982,983,985,986],{},[61,984,907],{}," -> qu'il ",[61,987,988],{},"faille",[96,990,992],{"id":991},"worked-examples","Worked examples",[925,994,995,1015,1029,1043,1062,1074,1088,1098],{},[928,996,997,999,1000,1002,1003,1005,1006,1005,1008,64,1011,1014],{},[61,998,202],{},": ils ",[61,1001,206],{}," -> drop ",[61,1004,117],{}," -> ",[61,1007,210],{},[61,1009,1010],{},"qu'il parle",[61,1012,1013],{},"que nous parlions",".",[928,1016,1017,999,1019,1005,1021,1005,1023,64,1026,1014],{},[61,1018,269],{},[61,1020,272],{},[61,1022,275],{},[61,1024,1025],{},"que tu finisses",[61,1027,1028],{},"que vous finissiez",[928,1030,1031,999,1033,1005,1035,1005,1037,64,1040,1014],{},[61,1032,332],{},[61,1034,335],{},[61,1036,338],{},[61,1038,1039],{},"qu'elle vende",[61,1041,1042],{},"qu'ils vendent",[928,1044,1045,1047,1048,1050,1051,1054,1055,64,1058,1061],{},[61,1046,417],{},": heavy forms off ",[61,1049,458],{}," (",[61,1052,1053],{},"que je vienne","); nous \u002F vous off the imperfect (",[61,1056,1057],{},"que nous venions",[61,1059,1060],{},"que vous veniez",").",[928,1063,1064,1066,1067,422,1070,1073],{},[61,1065,580],{},": ",[61,1068,1069],{},"que je boive",[61,1071,1072],{},"que nous buvions"," - same two-stem split.",[928,1075,1076,1078,1079,64,1082,64,1085,1014],{},[61,1077,613],{},": pure memory - ",[61,1080,1081],{},"que je sois",[61,1083,1084],{},"qu'il soit",[61,1086,1087],{},"que vous soyez",[928,1089,1090,1066,1092,1094,1095,1097],{},[61,1091,695],{},[61,1093,777],{}," in the singular, ",[61,1096,780],{}," in the plural; never \"que nous aillions\".",[928,1099,1100,1102,1103,1014],{},[61,1101,907],{},": third-person only - ",[61,1104,915],{},[96,1106,1108],{"id":1107},"common-mistakes-english-speakers-make","Common mistakes English speakers make",[57,1110,1111,1112,194,1114,1116,1117,194,1119,1121,1122,1124,1125,1127,1128,1130,1131,194,1133,1135,1136,194,1139,1142,1143,194,1145,1148,1149,1151,1152,1154,1155,1014],{},"The big one is forgetting that ",[61,1113,695],{},[61,1115,698],{}," switch stems: it is ",[61,1118,780],{},[61,1120,787],{},", not \"que nous aillions\" or \"que nous veuillions\". Next, treating ",[61,1123,396],{}," verbs as somehow special - they are not; ",[61,1126,90],{}," simply happens to match the indicative, so do not invent a different ending. Another is missing the imperfect stem on the two-stem verbs and writing \"que nous viennions\" instead of ",[61,1129,1057],{},". People also reach for ",[61,1132,613],{},[61,1134,616],{}," as if they were regular: ",[61,1137,1138],{},"que je suis",[61,1140,1141],{},"que j'ai"," are the indicative; the subjunctive is ",[61,1144,1081],{},[61,1146,1147],{},"que j'aie",". Watch the spelling of ",[61,1150,616],{}," too - ",[61,1153,1147],{}," (one i, silent ending), not \"que j'ai\". Finally, do not bother hunting for a future or conditional subjunctive: French has no such thing, so a sentence about the future still uses the present subjunctive after ",[61,1156,80],{},[96,1158,1160],{"id":1159},"see-also","See also",[925,1162,1163,1178,1185,1192],{},[928,1164,1165,1166,1168,1169,64,1171,64,1174,1177],{},"The ",[70,1167,73],{"href":72}," page covers what makes the subjunctive appear - ",[61,1170,63],{},[61,1172,1173],{},"vouloir que",[61,1175,1176],{},"il vaut mieux que"," and the rest.",[928,1179,1165,1180,1184],{},[70,1181,1183],{"href":1182},"\u002Ffrench\u002Fgrammar\u002Fconjugation","French verb conjugation reference"," covers every common tense alongside the subjunctive mood.",[928,1186,1165,1187,1191],{},[70,1188,1190],{"href":1189},"\u002Ffrench\u002Fgrammar\u002Fintermediate","intermediate French grammar"," page sets the subjunctive in the wider B1-B2 grammar picture.",[928,1193,1165,1194,1198],{},[70,1195,1197],{"href":1196},"\u002Ffrench\u002Fgrammar","French grammar cheatsheet"," covers the whole A1-B2 grammar map at a glance.",{"title":1200,"searchDepth":1201,"depth":1201,"links":1202},"",2,[1203,1204,1205,1206,1207,1208],{"id":98,"depth":1201,"text":99},{"id":406,"depth":1201,"text":407},{"id":604,"depth":1201,"text":605},{"id":991,"depth":1201,"text":992},{"id":1107,"depth":1201,"text":1108},{"id":1159,"depth":1201,"text":1160},"B2","How to build the present subjunctive (le subjonctif present): the ils-form rule (ils parlent -> que je parle), the imperfect stem for nous and vous, and the irregulars you simply have to memorise - etre, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, savoir, vouloir, falloir. Formation only; the triggers live on a sister page.","md",[1213,1216,1219],{"q":1214,"a":1215},"How do you form the regular present subjunctive in French?","Take the third-person plural (ils \u002F elles) of the present indicative, drop the -ent, and add the subjunctive endings -e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, -ent. So parler gives ils parlent -> que je parle, que tu parles, qu'il parle, que nous parlions, que vous parliez, qu'ils parlent. The same drill works for all three groups: finir gives ils finissent -> que je finisse, and vendre gives ils vendent -> que je vende. The ils form is the single thing you need; everything else falls out of it.",{"q":1217,"a":1218},"Why do nous and vous look like the imperfect in the subjunctive?","Because for a large group of verbs they genuinely use the imperfect stem. Verbs whose stem shifts between the singular and the nous form - venir, prendre, boire, devoir, voir and many others - take that second stem in the subjunctive nous and vous. So que je vienne but que nous venions, que vous veniez; que je prenne but que nous prenions. The nous and vous forms end up identical to the imparfait (nous venions, vous veniez), which is a handy memory hook rather than a coincidence.",{"q":1220,"a":1221},"Which French subjunctives are irregular and must be memorised?","Eight do not follow the ils-form rule and have to be learned outright: etre (que je sois), avoir (que j'aie), aller (que j'aille, que nous allions), faire (que je fasse), pouvoir (que je puisse), savoir (que je sache), vouloir (que je veuille, que nous voulions), and the impersonal falloir (qu'il faille). Aller and vouloir are the awkward ones because they keep the irregular stem in the singular and ils forms but revert to a regular-looking stem for nous and vous. Drill these eight and the rest of the present subjunctive is mechanical.","higher","The present subjunctive is the first mood beyond the indicative, and most of it is easier to build than its reputation suggests. The regular rule is mechanical: take the ils form of the present indicative, drop the -ent, and bolt on -e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, -ent. So ils parlent gives que je parle, ils finissent gives que je finisse, ils vendent gives que je vende. The nous and vous forms borrow the imperfect stem for a large group of verbs (que nous venions, que vous veniez), which is why those two slots so often look like the imparfait. Then there are eight or so irregulars - etre, avoir, aller, faire, pouvoir, savoir, vouloir, falloir - that you commit to memory and move on. The mood almost always turns up after que, so train yourself to expect it there. 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