The Present Subjunctive Verbs conjugating like: fuir, inclure, lire and mettre

The subjunctive tense is common in the French language. However, it can be challenging for non-native French speakers to determine in which situations to use it and with which phrases and verbs.

In this chapter, we will study the form of the present subjunctive as well as its use. First we will start with the form of the verbs then we’ll explore the use of this tense.

The subjunctive tense is ALWAYS preceded with “que”. So in all the conjugations of the verbs throughout this chapter, we will have “que” before the verb in the subjunctive.

In this part, we will explore the conjugation of the verbs of the third group. As we already mentioned in other lessons, the verbs of the third group are called irregular verbs which means that they don’t follow the same rule when they conjugate. In this part we will group verbs according to their conjugation in the present subjunctive. We will notice that the ending and the root play a significant part in helping us conjugate into the present subjunctive.

In this lesson, we will study the verbs conjugating like fuir to run away, inclure to include, lire to read and mettre to put.

Verbs conjugating like fuir

There is only one verb that conjugates like “fuir”, it is “s’enfuir”. Don’t confuse “enfouir” with “s’enfuir”. Even though they sound the same they don’t have the same conjugation.