Subjunctive after se réfléchir

Question

Il faut que... tu réfléchisses à ce que cette amitié t'apporte réellement.Pourquoi le subjonctif ici?

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Answer

Catriona,

I don’t think ‘ apporte ‘ is in the subjunctive form here.

My understanding is that in this sentence the conjugation of ‘ apporter ‘ is in 3rd person singular present tense.

The subject of ‘ apporter ‘ is ‘ cette amitié ‘. The verb spelling ‘ apporte ‘ in 3rd person singular is identical for present tense and subjunctive form, but as far as I understand, the subjunctive would not be indicated in this clause.

However, the verb expression ‘ réfléchir à ‘ is in subjunctive form - ‘ … tu réfléchisses à…. ‘ as required after “ il faut que … “.

This is not the pronominal/reflexive verb - ‘ se réfléchir ‘ has a different meaning.

https://www.wordreference.com/fren/reflechir