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French Adverbial Clauses

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purposecauseconcessionconditionresultopposingtime

1. Purpose (Le But)

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Conjunctions:

pour que, afin que, de sorte que, de peur que(ne)

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Same Subject Shortcut:

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Example

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2. Cause and Reason (La Cause)

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Conjunctions:

parce que, comme, puisque, étant donné que, du fait que, vu que

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Other structures:

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Example

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3. Concession (La Concession)

Shows a contradiction between two things; an expected consequence did not happen.

Conjunctions:

bien que, quoique (Subjunctive) | même si (Indicative)

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Other structures:

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Example

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4. Condition (La Condition)

Action can only take place if a condition is met.

Conjunctions:

si (Indicative), à condition que, pourvu que (Subjunctive), au cas où (Conditional)

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Other structures:

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Example

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5. Result (La Conséquence)

Conjunctions:

si bien que, de sorte que, tellement...que (Indicative) | trop...pour que (Subjv)

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Other structures:

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6. Opposing (L'Opposition)

Conjunctions:

alors que, tandis que (Indicative) | sans que (Subjunctive)

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Other structures:

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Example

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7. Time (Le Temps)

Answers the question "when?".

Conjunctions:

quand, lorsque, après que (Indicative) | avant que, jusqu'à ce que (Subjv)

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Other structures:

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Example

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Sentence structure order

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If the subordinate clause comes first, you MUST separate it with a comma.

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Practice Adverbial Clauses

Master the seven types of French adverbial clauses through targeted interactive drills.

1
Subjunctive Purpose Drills
2
Indicative Cause Patterns
3
Concession/Opposition Mixed
4
The Conditional Condition