Mood
: mood
Mood
has the four following possible values for French, on finite verb forms:
Ind
: indicative
The indicative can be considered the default mood. A verb in indicative merely states that something happens, has happened or will happen, without adding any attitude of the speaker.
Examples
- Tu le fais. “You do it.”
Imp
: imperative
The speaker uses imperative to order or ask the addressee to do the action of the verb.
Examples
- Fais le! “Do it!”
Cnd
: conditional
The conditional mood is used to express actions that would have taken place under some circumstances but they actually did not / do not happen.
Examples
- Je le ferais. “I would do it.”
Sub
: subjunctive
The subjunctive mood is used under certain circumstances in subordinate clauses, typically for actions that are subjective or otherwise uncertain.
Examples
- Je veux que tu le fasses. “I want you to do it.” lit. I want that you it do.
Mood in other languages: [ab] [akk] [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [el] [eme] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gd] [gn] [gub] [hbo] [hu] [hy] [it] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [mdf] [myv] [pcm] [ps] [qpm] [qtd] [quc] [ru] [say] [sl] [sv] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [ug] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl]