When is the subjunctive mood used in French?

At A-level, students will be expected to be able to confidently use the subjunctive mood.
With a student, I would first discuss with them what the already know about the subjunctive, or any phrases they already feel happy to use in their written or oral work. We would then discuss the fact that it is simply necessary to learn the conjugations of the verbs. Although the subjunctive of many verbs is identical to their usual conjugation, many other verbs can be quite irregular. We would go over the main irregular verbs, and their subjunctive conjugations. 'Je suis' becomes 'je sois'; 'je peux' becomes 'je puisse'; 'je fais' becomes 'je fasse'; 'j'ai' becomes 'j'aie', and so on.
Together, we would then go over the various uses of the subjunctive (emotions, commands, advice, opinion, possibility, doubt, negatives, etc) and construct example sentences for each use of these uses.

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Answered by Laura S. French tutor

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Translate: Il fallait que je crée moi-même quelques chansons pour qu’un agent sache que je comprenais quelque chose à la musique. Ce que ma mère m’avait dit m’apparaissait comme évident, même si je n’y avais jamais pensé de façon aussi précise.


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