A Fun Explanation of the French Subjunctive : French Grammar Made Fun #1

The French Subjunctive is often considered the most difficult element of French grammar, but it is often just over-complicated! So here is my best attempt at explaining and simplifying it for you...

[sadestanley]

"-the exciting world of french verbs" *cuts to completely unexcited face* I'm dead

[alexpopov]

'Because your OPINION could be considered your emotion' - I was just immediately struck with an I get it now'. Thanks for real!

[laurend]

I am a French native and I sometimes struggle to explain why and when to use the subjunctive to my students but YOU NAILED IT! Thank you so much for your video I will surely use it again for my future lessons!

[Vickipotent]

I’m a french beginner but I watched the whole video #rebel, absolute adore the editing, great video and great explanation, thank you!!

[InquirywithHelena]

You’re my kind of teacher! Crisp, funny and gets straight to the point. Cheers!

[annabellepatchett]

Thank you - that is the first time I have laughed and not cried when trying to learn the

[tamarkikolashvili]

I have an exam in one hour and watching your video makes everything so clear! Thanks for being hilarious and making study process so much fun!

[fatimas]

I’M ABOUT TO GO INTO YEAR 12 TO DO A LEVEL FRENCH AND A CHANNEL LIKE YOURS WOULD BE INVALUABLE

[DarianSandmartin]

After having watched a dozen videos about the subjunctive, I fell in love with yours and your channel! Great taken, explanation, materials and lots of sun, of course! Thank you!

[juliendesmarets]

Native French speaker here. I don't use subjunctive after 'Il est évident que' (4:08) and subjunctive would definitely sound weird contrary to other cases where it is optional. I suppose you could argue 'evident' is an opinion but it is more about an objective reality than 'nécessaire' or 'normal'. Speaking of 'que', I learned the subjunctive forms at school preceded by 'que' precisely to distinguish them from indicative so that I was shocked at 3:01 until realizing it is subjunctive (duh the subject of the video, but it quickly followed a part about indicative 2:38-2:46 so that I was confused). Subjunctive is losing ground anyway, especially in everyday speech, but indeed it is still unavoidable in some cases and marks the well-taught speaker. Excellent accent by the way ;)

[lisahinton]

This is the first video of yours I've watched. I absolutely loved the, "Thanks, France, " peppered here and there in the video.

[OlenaBeley]

This is like the best French lesson I’ve ever watched. Thank you!!!!

[antoinettemarie]

This was so helpful! I've been learning french for about 5 years now and I understand so much more about the french subjunctive just from your video. Thank you!

[JacktheFreaklol]

This is the first explanation that actually makes the "mood" part of it make sense. It does kind of remind me of how in (some dialects of) English we say to "never speak in absolutes" when expressing opinions or making inquiries/requests while in polite company, which is interesting.

[AliceUnara]

I love the editing...it kept me glued to my seat the whole time. and first French explanatory video to be this exciting. do you edit the videos yourself?

[fatimas]

PLEASE COME BACK TO MAKING VIDEOS THIS WAS SO HELPFUL AND ALSO ENTERTAINING

[curtiscurry]

I will never forgot how to say, “I don’t think he will come.” 😂😂😂 Great video!

[malinerees]

This is the first time I’ve seen one of your videos and it was great! Entertaining and informative. Thank you!

[julbee]

“Thanks France.” Thanks for the helpful and entertaining video.

[anjidoyle]

I really love your teaching style. I realise that I have sometimes been using the subjunctive without realising it and also I do prefer to use je dois aller plutôt qu, il fait que j' y alle...because it rolls off the tongue more easily.