{"id":975,"date":"2019-02-07T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T14:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/?p=975"},"modified":"2020-04-23T21:38:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T19:38:27","slug":"ils-croivent-croient-que-je-voie-voye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/cours-fiches-pratiques\/ils-croivent-croient-que-je-voie-voye\/","title":{"rendered":"ils croivent \/ ils croient \u2013 que je voie \/ que je vois \/ que je voye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the very frequent use of these different forms, some are incorrect. <em>ils croivent\/ils croient, que je voie\/que je vois\/que je voye<\/em>. What do you think are the correct forms? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The amalgam between these different forms is very common in the oral use of the language. Listen around you and you will hear these mistakes in French. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ils croivent \/ ils croient<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In oral it is very common to hear <em>ils croivent<\/em>. This conjugation of the verb <em>croire<\/em> is however false, it does not correspond to any time in the French language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's a mistake that a French teacher or an automatic proofreader would not let through. And this is confirmed by the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.academie-francaise.fr\/croivent-pour-croient\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise (croivent\/croient)<\/a>, <em>ils croivent<\/em> is not authorised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So we have to say <em>ils croient<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">que je voie \/ que je vois \/ que je voye<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly for the verb <em>voir<\/em>, despite a deep-rooted habit that goes back a long way, to say <em>I must see<\/em>, this form is false and must be corrected by <em>I must see<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is valid for the singular, and the third person plural of the subjunctive.<br><strong>You have to say : <em>que je voie, que tu voies, qu\u2019il voie, que nous voyions, que vous voyiez, qu\u2019ils voient<\/em><\/strong><br>And no : <em>que je voye, que tu voyes, qu\u2019il voye, qu\u2019ils voyent<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not confuse the <strong>present subjunctive (pr\u00e9sent du subjonctif)<\/strong> with the <strong>present tense (pr\u00e9sent de l\u2019indicatif) <\/strong>where the &quot;e&quot; are replaced by &quot;s&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"148\" src=\"http:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"Present indicative: I see, you see, he sees, we see, you see, they seePresent of the subjunctive: that I see, that you see, that he sees, that she sees, that we see, that you see, see, see\" class=\"wp-image-1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image.png 463w, https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-300x96.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.academie-francaise.fr\/la-prononciation-de-voient\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise (que je voie\/que je voye)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">These errors were parodied<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The newspaper Le Gorafi even made a parody in 2014: <br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legorafi.fr\/2014\/05\/21\/lacademie-francaise-valide-finalement-ils-croivent-et-faut-quon-voye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The French Academy finally validates \"Ils croivent\" and \"Faut qu\u2019on voye\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read also : <a href=\"https:\/\/currenttrends.fr\/en\/technologie-internet\/invisibleshield-protection-screen-future\/\">InvisibleShield: the screen protector of the future<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the very frequent use of these different forms, some are incorrect. ils croivent\/ils croient, que je voie\/que je vois\/que je voye. 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