Question about gerund in French
I was doing my exercise in gerund and i find this sentence:
Je peux faire quelques exercices chaque jour en attendant que mon dîner soit prêt
Why after word "en attendant" there is word "que?"
Why can't i write " Je peux faire quelques exercices chaque jour en attendant mon dîner soit prêt"
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Aaaah I understand now. Thank you very much. I didn`t notice that. So if there is 2 subject means two sentences that is combined and the subject can`t be merged, therefor "que" is introduced between two sentences. If the subject still same, it can be continued without using que. Thank man!
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Because there are two different subjects at work here: "je" and "mon dîner". The "que +subjonctif" is therefore used to make this distinction.
Another example: Je ne pourrai pas vous aider à faire vos devoirs sans que vous ne fassiez des efforts dans un premier temps.
Another example could be: Sans s'être même donné la peine d'essayer, il a bien réussi ses devoirs à son premier coup d'essai.
(In this case, the subject "il" is the same, so there is no "sans que+ subjonctif"). Hope this helps.
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Because there are two different subjects at work here: "je" and "mon dîner".
The "que +subjonctif" is therefore used to make this distinction.
Another example:
Je ne pourrai pas vous aider à faire vos devoirs sans que vous ne fassiez des efforts dans un premier temps.
Another example could be:
Sans s'être même donné donné la peine d'essayer, il a bien réussi ses devoirs sur à son premier coup d'essai.
(In this case, the subject "il" is the same, so there is no "sans que+ subjonctif").
Hope this helps.
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