Salut, pouvez-vous m'expliquer le temps du verbe dans cette phrase:
Je n'avais jamais boursicoté avant que Belinda ne suggère que je tente le coup et bien que je sois encore en train d'apprendre les ficelles..."
Pourquoi est le present utilisé?
Merci !
Bonjour Ash,
‘avant que + ne’ is always followed by le Subjonctif. See link here: avant-que-ne-expletif-subjonctif
In the context of a speech though (as in the exercise your question refers to), the ‘ne’ can be dropped as mentioned in the link above.
And the COD of the verb ‘suggérer’, ‘que je tente…’, is also in Le Subjonctif.
It is part of something called ‘Le Subjonctif par attraction’ where the second clause follows the use of Le Subjonctif because the first clause, on which it depends, is in Le Subjonctif.
See link here (under GRAMM): https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/academie9/Attraction
I hope this is helfpul.
Bonne journée!
I understand the question with regard to the subjonctive présent being used and not the subjonctive passé.
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