📖LearnModule 11 · Lesson 7 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, first halfUnit 2 · Le subjonctif, mastered
Le subjonctif — l'émotion et le doute
Module 11 of the free French course (CEFR C1, first half), lesson 7 of 30: Feelings and doubt take it too: je suis content que tu sois là. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 7.
The words
French
English
Say it
je doute que
I doubt that
zhuh DOOT kuh
j'ai peur que
I am afraid that
zhay PUHR kuh
je regrette que
I am sorry that
zhuh ruh-GREHT kuh
il est possible que
it is possible that
eel eh poh-SEEBL kuh
le doute
the doubt
luh DOOT
la crainte
the fear (formal)
lah KRA(n)T
que ce soit vrai
that it is true
kuh suh swah VREH
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
Feelings and doubt take it too: je suis content que tu sois là, je regrette qu'il parte, je doute qu'elle ait raison, j'ai peur que ce soit trop tard.
Et aussi · And also
One tidy rule to carry: certainty takes the indicative, uncertainty takes the subjunctive. Il est certain qu'il vient — il est possible qu'il vienne.
Attention · Watch out
Certainty takes the indicative, uncertainty the subjunctive: il est certain qu'il vient, il est possible qu'il vienne. la crainte is the formal fear; la peur is the everyday one.
être, subjonctif — the table
je sois · tu sois · il/elle soit · nous soyons · vous soyez · ils/elles soient
avoir, subjonctif — the table
je aie · tu aies · il/elle ait · nous ayons · vous ayez · ils/elles aient
Do it now — on paper
Say all 7 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with je doute que.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out être, subjonctif and avoir, subjonctif in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.