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Il est nécessaire que vous finissiez cet exercice quotidien pour être très souples.
Meaning
It is necessary that you finish this daily exercise to be very flexible.
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Breakdown of Il est nécessaire que vous finissiez cet exercice quotidien pour être très souples.
être
to be
très
very
vous
you (plural/formal)
pour
for
Questions & Answers about Il est nécessaire que vous finissiez cet exercice quotidien pour être très souples.
Why is finissiez in the subjunctive mood here?
The phrase Il est nécessaire que (It is necessary that) expresses a requirement. In French, impersonal expressions showing necessity, obligation, or emotion require the verb in the following clause to be in the subjunctive mood.
How do we get the form finissiez from the verb finir?
To form the present subjunctive for regular verbs, start with the present tense ils/elles form. For finir, that is ils finissent, which gives the stem finiss-. Then, you add the vous subjunctive ending -iez to get vous finissiez.
Why do we use the infinitive être directly after pour?
In French, when you want to say "in order to" do something, you use the preposition pour followed directly by an infinitive verb. Because the person doing the action (you) is already established earlier in the sentence, you don't need to conjugate être.
Why does souples have an "s" at the end when it follows an infinitive verb?