Appendix:French verbs taking subjunctive
| Verb (+ que) |
Example | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotion | ||||
| avoir peur | fear that... | |||
| craindre | fear that... | |||
| être + an adjective | être heureux, être triste (to be happy that..., to be sad that...) | be + an adjective that... | ||
| Desire/Necessity/Avoidance | ||||
| aimer | like that... | |||
| commander | command that... | |||
| empêcher | prevent that... | Subjunctive takes ne | ||
| éviter | avoid that... | Subjunctive takes ne | ||
| exiger | demand that... | |||
| falloir | be necessary that... | |||
| interdire | forbid that... | |||
| préférer | like that... | |||
| proposer | propose that... | |||
| souhaiter | wish that... | |||
| suggérer | suggest that... | |||
| valoir mieux | be better that... | |||
| vouloir | want that... | |||
| Uncertainty | ||||
| douter | Je doute qu'il y en ait. (I doubt that there are any)
Je ne doute pas qu'il y en a. (I don't doubt that there are any.) |
doubt that... | Does not take the subjunctive when used negatively because it indicates certainty in such instances. | |
| estimer | estimate that... | |||
| nier | deny that... | |||
| paraître | appear that... | |||
| Certainty—these verbs take subjunctive when used negatively or interrogatively. | ||||
| croire | Crois-tu que je sois triste ? (Do you believe that I'm sad?) | believe that... | ||
| penser | think that... | |||
| être vrai, probable | be true, probable that... | |||