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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:21 am
Also keep in mind that sometimes you can conjugate either in the indicative or in the subjunctive, both sentences being correct. I am often asked on the private Telegram group of the academy for example, I am asked: Which sentence is correct? This one, with the indicative or that one, with the subjunctive? And often or sometimes, both sentences are correct, they just have a small difference in meaning.
For example, if you say: "I'm looking for a book that's 150 pages." So here, if I use the indicative, I'm looking for a very specific book. I know what book it is and I know that this particular book that I'm looking for is 150 pages. If, on the other hand, I use the subjunctive, and I say: "I'm looking for a book that's 150 pages." In this case, I'm not looking for a specific book, I'm looking for any book that has 150 pages. So, I'm expressing here the possibility that this book exists.
And if you're still hesitant, I have a belgium whatsapp number data little tip for you to know if you should use the indicative or the subjunctive. The idea is to conjugate in the first person plural, with "nous", because very often we will hear... by conjugating, it will allow us to know if we should use one or the other. And it's especially useful when there is no difference in sound between the indicative and the subjunctive.
For example, if you are not sure how to write "he says that I have experience." "I have" in the indicative or "I have" in the subjunctive? Here, since it is a homophone, you hear the same thing and you can say to yourself "I will use the first person plural, that will give me the answer by ear." So, I conjugate. And orally, I would not say "he says that we have experience," it would not be correct to say "he says that we have experience." In the first person plural, we would say "he says that we have experience." So since we say "he says that we have" and not "he says that we have," well, we write "ai," it is the indicative.
For example, if you say: "I'm looking for a book that's 150 pages." So here, if I use the indicative, I'm looking for a very specific book. I know what book it is and I know that this particular book that I'm looking for is 150 pages. If, on the other hand, I use the subjunctive, and I say: "I'm looking for a book that's 150 pages." In this case, I'm not looking for a specific book, I'm looking for any book that has 150 pages. So, I'm expressing here the possibility that this book exists.
And if you're still hesitant, I have a belgium whatsapp number data little tip for you to know if you should use the indicative or the subjunctive. The idea is to conjugate in the first person plural, with "nous", because very often we will hear... by conjugating, it will allow us to know if we should use one or the other. And it's especially useful when there is no difference in sound between the indicative and the subjunctive.
For example, if you are not sure how to write "he says that I have experience." "I have" in the indicative or "I have" in the subjunctive? Here, since it is a homophone, you hear the same thing and you can say to yourself "I will use the first person plural, that will give me the answer by ear." So, I conjugate. And orally, I would not say "he says that we have experience," it would not be correct to say "he says that we have experience." In the first person plural, we would say "he says that we have experience." So since we say "he says that we have" and not "he says that we have," well, we write "ai," it is the indicative.