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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:21 am
by jrineakter
We also use the subjunctive to talk about feelings. So the subjunctive is often linked to the unreal, unlike the indicative, which is more linked to real and concrete things. So when we talk about feelings, we use the subjunctive. For example: être heureux que, être triste que, peur que, il est dommage que.

To talk about necessity and obligation, we also use the subjunctive: it is necessary that or it is necessary that.

Fourth category for which we use the subjunctive, it is to express desire, envy, will. You will find verbs like: vouloir que, désirer que,interdire que, j'aimerais que.

We also use the subjunctive to talk about possibility and we will find formulas like: it seems that, it is unlikely that, it is possible that.

Often, the subjunctive is also used to express negation. We find formulas like "nier que".

And finally, the seventh category in which the belgium whatsapp number data subjunctive is used is with impersonal verbs, except those which express certainty, opinion or probability: it is normal that, it is rare that,

So, you see that, except for the last case, the case of impersonal verbs, we can really use the meaning to know whether to use the indicative or the subjunctive. The trap is to lock ourselves in grammar and say to ourselves: "Ah! With this verb, I'm going to conjugate in the subjunctive; with this verb, I'm going to conjugate in the indicative, etc." If we lock ourselves in these grammatical boxes, we're going to get confused and have big difficulties.

The best thing to do first is to say to yourself: "Hey, in this sentence, I have "que", so there is a chance, even a big chance in general, that I have to conjugate in the subjunctive". This should be a warning. This is what we were saying in my first video on the subjunctive. The fact of seeing "que" should in any case attract your attention, but it does not mean that you will necessarily use the subjunctive.

To find out, you're going to ask yourself: "Am I certain of what I'm going to say? In which case, I use the indicative. Or am I in doubt? Am I not certain? In this case, I'll use the subjunctive instead."

And if you follow this two-step way of thinking, defining whether there is "that", defining whether you are certain or not, if you have understood that, you will be correct in the majority of cases and you will only have to detect certain exceptions, certain particular cases.