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subjunctive,

we follow the sequence of tenses

and use a past:

"He insisted... "

- "He insisted that I... "

Khoumba?

- Were.

- Were. Yes.

You really think I'll tell my mom:

"He insisted that I were'd been in shape?

Not I were'd been.

Learn to use it first

"That I were in shape"

- The sequence of tenses.

- No one says that.

I was right!

"I were".

Will you let me answer the question?

If you care.

- You may.

- Before mastering something,

the imperfect subjunctive,

you're telling me it's no use.

Start by mastering it,

then you can call its use into question.

Sir, why are you criticizing us?

They're right, that's the way

people talked in the old days.

Even my gran didn't say that.

Or your great granddad

It's from the Middle Ages!

No it isn't.

It is!

It's bourgeois...

Tell me, when was the last time

you heard someone talk like that?

Yesterday, with friends,

we used the imperfect subjunctive.

No, someone normal!

All right, all right.

The people on the streets...

Can I reply?

Yep.

I'll talk this over, but calmly.

All right, not everyone talks that way.

In fact, people who do are pretty rare.

I'd even say only snobs...

...use the imperfect subjunctive.

What's a snob?

Snobs are slightly affected,

slightly precious people

who tend to put on airs.

Homosexuals?

No, not homosexuals...

You can be affected and refined

without being homosexual.

In any case,

this register may seem

formal and a bit affected,

and even bourgeois.

But these different registers exist

...as I keep telling you,

...you need to be able to use them

...Familiar, current, formal,

oral and written.

Move between them

and use them all. Yes, Lucie?

How do we know what's written

and what's for oral?

Why is a word more one for one register?

Normally, that's something

that you pick up as you go along

You need to use intuition.

What's this?

Intuition is when you can't use thinking

When you can't really...

It's not knowing

but more like sensing something.

When you sense things

What if you don't sense?

If you don't sense them, well

You gain intuition

by using the language.

That's when you learn to distinguish...

almost automatically

between oral and written styles.

- Souleymane wants to say something.

- Shut it.

What does he want to say?

Go on!

Calm down

Cut it out. No fighting

- I'll whop you

- Don't act tough!

What's wrong? Boubacar, turn around.

- What is it?

- Nothing

- Apparently not.

- Don't send him to the principal.

If I tell you,

I'm good for Guantanamo.

Guantanamo! Guantanamo!

I'll be tased!

You won't be tased.

- You have a question?

- Yep

So ask it

- It's too wicked

- It's not

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