French tense

French subjonctif présent

The mood of doubt, emotion, necessity, and subjectivity. Triggered by specific phrases, not chosen freely. Once you know the triggers, the conjugation is mostly mechanical.

Worked examples

These are the same conjugations you'll see on each verb's page, collected here so you can compare patterns side by side.

être , to be

jesois
tusois
ilsoit
noussoyons
voussoyez
ilssoient

avoir , to have

jeaie
tuaies
ilait
nousayons
vousayez
ilsaient

aller , to go

jeaille
tuailles
ilaille
nousallions
vousalliez
ilsaillent

faire , to do

jefasse
tufasses
ilfasse
nousfassions
vousfassiez
ilsfassent

savoir , to know

jesache
tusaches
ilsache
noussachions
voussachiez
ilssachent

pouvoir , can

jepuisse
tupuisses
ilpuisse
nouspuissions
vouspuissiez
ilspuissent

vouloir , to want

jeveuille
tuveuilles
ilveuille
nousvoulions
vousvouliez
ilsveuillent

parler , to speak

jeparle
tuparles
ilparle
nousparlions
vousparliez
ilsparlent

finir , to finish

jefinisse
tufinisses
ilfinisse
nousfinissions
vousfinissiez
ilsfinissent

attendre , to wait

jeattende
tuattendes
ilattende
nousattendions
vousattendiez
ilsattendent

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