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Conjugation
Objective: Conjugate être, avoir, faire, aller, pouvoir, savoir, and vouloir in the subjonctif présent, and apply the two-stem pattern where it appears.
| Verb | je / tu | il / elle | nous / vous | ils / elles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| être | sois | soit | soyons / soyez | soient |
| avoir | aie | ait | ayons / ayez | aient |
| faire | fasse | fasse | fassions / fassiez | fassent |
| aller | aille | aille | allions / alliez | aillent |
| pouvoir |
Être has the irregular subjunctive stem soi-, producing sois for the second-person singular. The indicative es never appears after a subjunctive trigger.
Avoir has the irregular subjunctive form aie for the first-person singular, distinct from the indicative ai. The plural forms use the stem ay-, producing ayons and ayez.
Être has the irregular stem soi-, producing sois for the second-person singular.
Avoir uses the stem ay- for the second-person plural, producing ayez. The singular forms use ai- instead.
Faire uses the stem fass- throughout. The ending -es marks the second-person singular.
Aller uses the stem all- for the first-person plural, following the two-stem pattern.
Pouvoir uses the stem puiss- throughout. The ending -es marks the second-person singular.
7 exercises · about 11 minutes
| puisse |
| puisse |
| puissions / puissiez |
| puissent |
| savoir | sache | sache | sachions / sachiez | sachent |
| vouloir | veuille | veuille | voulions / vouliez | veuillent |
Faire has the irregular subjunctive stem fass-, and the ending -es marks the second-person singular.
Aller follows a two-stem pattern. The first and second persons plural use all-, while the singular and the third-person plural use aill-.
Savoir uses the stem sach- throughout. The ending -ions marks the first-person plural.
The softened trigger il faudrait que introduces the subjunctive veuilles, which uses the stem veuill- for the second-person singular.
Falloir exists only in the third-person singular form faille, and the negated opinion introduces the subjunctive.