Learn French: Je voudrais que vous soyez ordonnés dans la colocation. - I would like you to be tidy in the flatshare.

Je voudrais que vous soyez ordonnés dans la colocation.

I would like you to be tidy in the flatshare.

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Questions & Answers about Je voudrais que vous soyez ordonnés dans la colocation.

Why is soyez used here instead of êtes?

soyez is the subjunctive form of être (to be) for vous. We must use the subjunctive here because the phrase Je voudrais que (I would like...) expresses a desire or wish, which is a classic trigger for the subjunctive mood.

What are the other present subjunctive forms of être?

être is highly irregular in the subjunctive, so its forms must be memorized: que je sois, que tu sois, qu'il/elle soit, que nous soyons, que vous soyez, and qu'ils/elles soient.

Does vous refer to one person (formal) or multiple people here?

It refers to multiple people. We can tell because the adjective ordonnés ends in an -s, making it plural. If the speaker were using the formal vous to speak to just one male flatmate, it would simply be ordonné.

Is la colocation a common word in French?

Yes, la colocation refers to a flatshare or a shared housing arrangement. You will also frequently hear the shortened everyday version, la coloc, which can refer to either the shared apartment itself or the flatmate (though a flatmate is formally un colocataire).