LIV: La formation du subjonctif - Irregular subjunctive forms
La formation du subjonctif - Irregular subjunctive forms
Explication - There are irregular subjunctive forms in French. The most important irregular forms you need to learn are:être,avoir, andfaire. Pay close attention to the tables below. Be sure to listen to the audio files for the pronunciations of the verbs in the irregular subjunctive form.
êtreandavoirarehighly irregular, meaning that every form of these verbs in the subjunctive must be memorized.Faire, likepouvoirandsavoir, haveirregular stemsbut they have regular subjunctive endings.
Pronunciation - Irregular Forms
Listen carefully to the audio below. The narrator goes through each of the irregular forms. Review the charts, listen and repeat what you hear.
Highly irregular forms - follow no patterns
avoir - to have
que j'aie
que nousayons
que tuaies
que vousayez
qu'il / elle / onait
qu'ils / ellesaient
être - to be
que jesois
que noussoyons
que tusois
que voussoyez
qu'il / elle / onsoit
qu'ils / ellessoient
Irregular Forms - stems change but subjunctive endings are regular