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'''Subjunctive''' is a [[mode]] of [[tense]], different from [[indicative]], used in embedded clauses and indicating that the information expressed in the clause is non-factive. | '''Subjunctive''' is a [[mode]] of [[tense]], different from [[indicative]], used in embedded clauses and indicating that the information expressed in the clause is non-factive. | ||
| − | + | == Example == | |
| − | + | The verb ''être'' in French has ''soit'' in (ii) as a subjunctive form, distinct from the indicative form est in (i). | |
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(i) Je sais qu'il ''est'' capable | (i) Je sais qu'il ''est'' capable | ||
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| − | + | *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Subjunctive&lemmacode=291 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |
| − | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Subjunctive&lemmacode=291 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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[[Category:Syntax]] | [[Category:Syntax]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:12, 16 August 2014
Definition
Subjunctive is a mode of tense, different from indicative, used in embedded clauses and indicating that the information expressed in the clause is non-factive.
Example
The verb être in French has soit in (ii) as a subjunctive form, distinct from the indicative form est in (i).
(i) Je sais qu'il est capable
I know that he isIND capable
(ii) Il faut qu'il soit capable
It must that he beSUBJ capable
'He should be capable'
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