FRENCH SENTENCE BUILDER – PART 4

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FRENCH SENTENCE BUILDER – PART 4 EXERCICE 8·12 Complete each sentence with quelque, quoi, qui, or où. Then translate the sentence into English. 1. que tu fasses, sois honnête! 2. soit ta faute, tu peux toujours te faire pardonner! 3. que ce soit à la porte, laisse la personne entrer! 4. que tu ailles, n’oublie pas de téléphoner! 5. fatigué que tu sois, mange quelque chose avant de te coucher! Some verbs, pronouns, and adjectives govern the subjunctive mood in the relative clause We have previously seen dependent clauses introduced by the relative pronouns qui, que, dont, and où. The verb in those dependent clauses was in various tenses of the indicative mood. How- ever, in some cases, the verb in the dependent relative clause must be in the subjunctive mood because of the type of verb found in the main clause. Verbs expressing will, want, need, and advice in the main clause Verbs such as chercher (to look for), vouloir (to want), and avoir besoin de (to need) as well as the verb connaître (to know) in the interrogative form, and the expression y a-t-il (is there/are there), whenever they introduce relative clauses, may require the use of the subjunctive mood in the rela- tive clause because of the uncertain outcome they predict. Je cherche une voiture qui soit rapide mais I am looking for a car that is fast but does not ne consomme pas d’essence. use any gas. Elle veut des employés qui soient d’accord She wants employees who agree to never go on pour ne jamais prendre de vacances. vacation. Tu as besoin d ’un emploi qui n’ait pas You need a job that does not have fixed hours. d’heures fixes. Je voudrais un mari qui fasse la cuisine I would like a husband who cooks like a comme un professionnel. professional. Connais-tu un DJ qui connaisse bien la Do you know a DJ who knows the music from musique des années 60? the 60s well? Y a-t-il quelqu’un ici qui sache quelle Is there somebody here who knows what time heure il est? it is? Compare the previous sentences to the following ones. You will notice that in the previous set of sentences, the speaker feels and conveys that expectations may or may not be met. In the follow- ing sentences, however, the speaker is confident that expectations are realistic and can be met.74 French Sentence Builder Practice Makes Perfect Je cherche une voiture qui ne coûte pas I am looking for a car that does not cost too trop cher. much. Elle veut des employés qui arriveront She wants employees who will arrive on time. à l’heure. Tu as besoin d ’un emploi où tu auras des You need a job where you will have steady heures fixes. hours.Negative indefinite pronouns and adjectives govern the subjunctivemood in a relative clauseNegative pronouns such as personne (nobody) and rien (nothing) as well as indefinite pronounsor adjectives such as aucun/nul (no) tend to indicate uncertainty about whether the noun exists.Therefore the subjunctive may be needed in the dependent clause. Je n’ai trouvé personne qui veuille I did not find anybody who was willing to m’accompagner. accompany me. Je ne me rappelle rien qui me fasse rougir. I do not remember anything that would make me blush. Il n’y a aucune chose ici qui me plaise. There is nothing here that I like. Un nouveau collier? Je n’en vois aucun A new necklace? I do not see any that I like. qui me plaise. EXERCICE 8·13 Translate the underlined main clause of each sentence into French.1. Un coucher du soleil à Key West, qui puisse y résister. (A sunset in Key West, I do not know anyone who can resist it.)2. qui soit plus beau ...