Verbes suivis du subjonctif, de l’indicatif ou de l’infinitif
The present subjunctive is used with the indefinite expressions that are the French equivalents of whatever, whenever, wherever, and whoever.
When the English whatever is followed by subject verb, use the neuter quoi que present subjunctive.
Quoi que tu fasses, je t’aimerai toujours. Whatever you do, I will always love you.
Quoi qu’elle dise, je ne changerai pas d’avis Whatever she says, I will not change my mind.
When the English whatever is followed by a noun, use quel que (quelle que, quels que, quelles que) the subjunctive of être noun. Quel que agrees in gender and number with the noun that follows it.
Quel que soit votre conseil, je prendrai rendez-vous avec le patron.Whatever your advice, I will make an appointment with the boss.
Quelle que soit leur décision, elle démissionnera.Whatever their decision, she will resign.
Look at the following examples that express wherever (où que) in French:
Où que tu sois, appelle-moi. Wherever you are, call me.
Où qu’elle aille, il ira aussi. Wherever she goes, he will go, too.
The subjunctive is also used following the expression of whoever (qui que).
Qui que tu sois, tu peux lui parler. Whoever you are, you can talk to him.
Qui que vous soyez, ouvrez votre cœur. Whoever you are, open up your heart.
Voici quelques liens traitant de la formation du subjonctif présent.
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•Les expressions générales et les verbes irréguliers
Irregular Past Participles
| avoir | to have | eu | had | ouvrir | to open | ouvert | opened | |
| connaître | to know | connu | known | offrir | to offer | offert | offered | |
| croire | to believe | cru | believed | pouvoir | to be able to | pu | was able to | |
| devoir | to have to | dû | had to | prendre | to take | pris | taken | |
| dire | to tell | dit | said | apprendre | to learn | appris | learned | |
| écrire | to write | écrit | written | comprendre | to understand | compris | understood | |
| être | to be | été | been | surprendre | to surprise | surpris | surprised | |
| faire | to do, make | fait | made | recevoir | to receive | reçu | received | |
| lire | to read | lu | read | rire | to laugh | ri | laughed | |
| mettre | to put | mis | put | savoir | to know | su | known | |
| permettre | to permit | permis | permitted | voir | to see | vu | seen | |
| promettre | to promise | promis | promised | vouloir | to want | voulu | wanted |
LE GÉRONDIF
C’est en forgeant que l’on devient forgeron.
FORMATION
On ajoute “-ant” au radical de la 1ere personne du pluriel du présent.
Nous venons En venant Nous mangeons En mangeant
Exceptions:
Savoir = en sachant Avoir = en ayant Être = en étant
EMPLOI
Nous disons En disant Nous faisons En faisant
EN + RADICAL + ANT
Le gérondif indique la simultanéité d’une action par rapport à ce verbe. Les deux verbes doivent avoir le même sujet.D’habitude, je travaille en écoutant la radio.
En rentrant chez moi, j’ai rencontré Marie dans la rue.LA CAUSE
Elle a perdu tout ton argent en jouant au loto. (parce qu’elle a joué…)
LA MANIÈRE
Il est tombé en faisant du ski.
LA CONDITION
En regardant des films en VO, on peut apprendre le français. ( Si on regarde…)
L’OPPOSITION
Tout en étudiant beaucoup, il ne réussit aucun examen.
Pour s’entraîner :
Present Participle
Present participles can be used as adjectives, as verbs, or like a qui clause. When an adjective, it agrees with the noun it modifies. For further explanations click on Tex Grammar
When a verb, it is invariable. Preceded by en, (equivalent to while, by, upon or in), it corresponds to the English -ing verb form.
Used without en, the present participle can act like a qui clause and can also replace a causative cause.
L’homme marchant devant moi est mon voisin
Il regardait les enfant jouant dans le parc (more…)
Pluperfect
This compound tense is used for flashbacks or anything that had happened before the time of the narration. It’s formed with the imperfect tenseof avoir or être and the past participle of the main verb. This tense is to the imperfect tense what the passé composé is to the present tense. (more…)
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça Jacques Dutronc 1968
| Fais pas ci, fais pas ça
Viens ici, mets-toi là |
| Reflexive Verbs |
When something does something to itself, a reflexive pronoun is used. The reflexive
pronouns are exactly like the direct object pronouns except for the third person
singular and plural forms.
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Definition A pronominal verb (also called a reflexive verb) is a verb like se lever or se coucher which takes a reflexive pronoun (one which refers back to the verb’s subject). The reflexive pronouns are me, te, se, nous and vous.
Il se réveille à sept heures. Il se couche à 10 heures
When used in compound tenses like the perfect, pronominal verbs always take the auxiliary être:
Je me suis réveillé à sept heures
In compound tenses the participle must agree with the subject: (more…)

Une illustration de la structure : Si j’étais….., +conditionnel
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These verbs are conjugated like normal verbs, but they require an extra pronoun before the verb. Most indicate a reflexive action but not all. And therefore literal translation should be avoided. .
Some reflexive verbs:
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A pronominal verb (also called a reflexive verb) is a verb like
se lever, se laver, se dépêcher, se nourrir, s’évanouir, s’évader
which takes a reflexive pronoun (one which refers back to the verb’s subject).
The reflexive pronouns are
| Me | te | se | nous | vous | se |
To form the stem, use the nous form of the present tense and drop the -ons.Then add these endings:
| -ais | -ions |
| -ais | -iez |
| -ait | -aient |
The only exception is être for which you must use the stem ét-, but still the same endings.Verb stems that end in -c must use a cedilla (ç) under the c to make it soft.Verb stems ending in -g keep the e before all forms except nous and vous. (more…)
Pouvoir and vouloir are are very similar . They are both irregular and very important in the communicative process so not to be confused. Learn them together in order to benefit from the similarities and also in order to get the differences clear.
First, some help to distinguish the meanings. (more…)
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