12 May 2000

1.1.9.2 Subordinating Conjunctions (Conjunctions of Subordination), in L'Huillier, Advanced French Grammar


presentation of L'Huillier's work, by Corry Shores

[Subsection headings are my own]



Monique L'Huillier

Advanced French Grammar

1. Framework

1.1 Parts of Speech

1.1.9 Conjunctions


There are two conjunction types, coordinating and subordinating.


1.1.9.2 Subordinating Conjunctions (Conjunctions of Subordination)



(i) Introduction Function



Subordinating conjunctions introduce a subordinate clause.



(ii) Simple and Compound Subordinating Conjunctions



1) Simple,

e.g. que, quand, comme, si


2) Compound forms with que

avant que (before)

après que (after, when)

pour que (so, so that, in order that)

lorsque (when, as)

puisque (since, as)

quoique (though, although)



(iii) Que-Clauses



We use the conjunction que to introduce que-clauses (or propositions complétives)



(iv) Adverbial Clauses



There are other conjunctions that we use in order to introduce an adverbial clause (circonstancielle). These adverbial clauses may be regarding time, place, aim, consequence, condition, and so forth.

Ex,

Lorsqu’il fait mauvais temps, personne one sort.


When we use a subordinating conjunction, there are different moods we might employ for the subordinate clause. Those moods are either the indicative or the subjunctive.


L'Huillier, Monique. Advanced French Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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