Breakdown of Je te donne ce conseil : il faut que tu choisisses un repas sain.
je
I
un
a / an (masculine)
tu
you (informal singular)
ce
this (before a noun)
il
it (impersonal subject)
falloir
to be necessary / must (impersonal)
choisir
to choose
donner
to give
te
you, yourself (object pronoun)
que
that (introducing a clause)
le repas
the meal
le conseil
the advice
sain
healthy
Questions & Answers about Je te donne ce conseil : il faut que tu choisisses un repas sain.
How do you form the subjunctive choisisses from the verb choisir?
To find the stem for regular verbs in the subjunctive, you take the present tense ils form (ils choisissent) and remove the -ent. This gives you the stem choisiss-. Then, you add the subjunctive ending for your subject. For tu, the ending is -es, resulting in tu choisisses.
Why is choisisses in the subjunctive mood here instead of the normal present tense (choisis)?
The phrase il faut que (meaning "it is necessary that" or "you must") always forces the following verb into the subjunctive. It expresses an obligation, which is one of the most common triggers for using the subjunctive mood in French.
Repas ends in an "s" — is it plural in this sentence?
Why is te placed before donne instead of saying Je donne à toi?
Te is an indirect object pronoun here, meaning "to you." In French, object pronouns are almost always placed directly in front of the conjugated verb they belong to, which is why it becomes Je te donne (literally "I to you give").
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