French Language Grammar and Pronunciation Glossary
Subordinate Clause
Proposition subordonnée
| Definition | A subordinate clause does not express a complete idea and cannot stand alone. It must occur in a sentence with a main clause and may be introduced by a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun. The subordinate clause is in italics in the following examples. | |||
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| Examples | J'ai dit que j'aime les pommes. |
I said that I like apples. | ||
| Il a réussi parce qu'il a beaucoup travaillé. |
He succeeded because he worked a lot. | |||
| L'homme dont je parle habite ici. |
The man that I'm talking about lives here. | |||
| Synonyms | proposition dépendante, dependent clause | |||
| Lessons | Subordinating conjunctions - Relative pronouns | |||
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