#turnonthelights (corrigez-moi)

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native imp
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yes, you can although it's a little awkward with préférer

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"je voulais que tu ne fasse pas ça" = I wanted you to not do that

autumn urchin
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subjunctive is just sth you use after certain verbs

native imp
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because it sounds like "i would prefer" instead of "i preferred"

sleek night
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Thank you so much. I really appreciate the help

native imp
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idk it sounds odd to me in english too

autumn urchin
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préfèrerais isnt in the subj

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je préfèrerais = i would prefer

native imp
autumn urchin
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préferais = i preferred

native imp
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t'as raison

sleek night
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I was trying to say "I would prefer that you don't do that."

autumn urchin
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yeah you said it right

sleek night
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If that context helps at all

native imp
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j'aurais préféré que tu n'aies pas fait ça

sleek night
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^ for an action in the past? That's helpful because my next question was how to use subjunctive for events that had happened previously

autumn urchin
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tbh i think que tu ne fasses pas ça still fits there

native imp
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si l'action que on veut faire arreter est dans le present ou le passé

livid hare
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J’ai trouvé que la meilleure explication du subjonctif est dans le Bescherelle Grammaire

Si vous n’avez pas lu ce livre-là c’est très utile pour comprendre tous vos questions grammaticales.
Pour répondre à votre question vous voulez l’utiliser pour

  1. Une Nécessité
    il faut que +SJ / il est urgent que + SJ
    2.un souhait
    j’aimerais que ou je souhaite que+SH
    3.Une possibilité
    il est possible que+ SJ
    4.(le plus commun- vous remarquez peut être que presque tous ces éléments comportent un élément de doute)
    je doute que + SJ
    5.un sentiment
    je suis heureux que +sj
    6.un jugement
    j’admire que + SJ

j’espère que ça vous aidera (remarquez vous que malgré <<espérer que>> comporte un élément de doute vous n’utilisez pas le subjonctif.

autumn urchin
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c quoi sj et sh

modest axle
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sh is probably a typo

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sj = subjunctive

supple wadi
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In any case, the subjunctive remains principally a syntactic feature in the sense that it appears after certain contexts such as doubts, wishes, etc. The subjunctive being described as doubt or subjectivity is fine but what matters the most is its trigger, not its function.