L’Indicatif(Le Futur Simple) vs Le Subjonctif PrésentBonjour Madame Cécile !
Here are two sentences involving the verb “pleuvoir”->
1. Il est possible qu’il ________ (pleuvoir) ce matin.
2. Le bulletin météo prévoit qu’il _______(pleuvoir) demain.
Now, I would like to ask that in Case 1, it is quite identifiable that one would use Le Subjonctif Présent as there is a sense of doubt and uncertainty expressed in this sentence.The required conjugation would be “pleuve”.
In Case 2, the correct answer mentioned is “pleuvra” though I had written ‘pleuve’ as I interpreted it the same way as in the former case since the weather department always predicts and never ascertains the weather.
Having re-read the notes, I further question why can’t one use “pleuvra” (Le Futur Simple) in Case 1 then ?
I would request you to please highlight the grammatical concept behind the same.
Merci beaucoup et je vous souhaite une bonne journée !
Bonjour Madame Cécile !
Here are two sentences involving the verb “pleuvoir”->
1. Il est possible qu’il ________ (pleuvoir) ce matin.
2. Le bulletin météo prévoit qu’il _______(pleuvoir) demain.
Now, I would like to ask that in Case 1, it is quite identifiable that one would use Le Subjonctif Présent as there is a sense of doubt and uncertainty expressed in this sentence.The required conjugation would be “pleuve”.
In Case 2, the correct answer mentioned is “pleuvra” though I had written ‘pleuve’ as I interpreted it the same way as in the former case since the weather department always predicts and never ascertains the weather.
Having re-read the notes, I further question why can’t one use “pleuvra” (Le Futur Simple) in Case 1 then ?
I would request you to please highlight the grammatical concept behind the same.
Merci beaucoup et je vous souhaite une bonne journée !
Tu es arrivé avant que je n'aie fini mes devoirs.You arrived before I finished my homework
Is there a way of interpreting this to get the sense of the subjunctive mood?
I thought I understood this and that you have to base gender and number on the subject (first noun) as it was done here in the examples. So I would say, and have in fact been saying "Elle est plus grande que son frère" and "Il est plus grand que sa sœur".
Now I have a workbook that told me to write:
"Un village est plus petitE qu'une ville"---> Using the gender of ville, the second noun in the comparison, rather than the gender of village. That's wrong, right?
It also told me to write "Paris est plus grandE que Bordeaux". The only explanation for this I have is that they are "La ville de Paris/Bordeaux" here and hence feminine. Does that sound right?
I think it's time to recycle my workbook...
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