Breakdown of Il est important que vous ayez un budget commun.
être
to be
un
a / an (masculine)
vous
you (plural/formal)
avoir
to have
important
important
il
it (impersonal subject)
que
that (introducing a clause)
le budget
the budget
commun
shared
Questions & Answers about Il est important que vous ayez un budget commun.
Why is it ayez and not avez?
Ayez is the present subjunctive form of avoir (to have) for vous. We must use the subjunctive here because the sentence uses il est important que, an expression of necessity and opinion that always triggers the subjunctive mood.
Can I say C'est important que instead of Il est important que?
Yes! In everyday spoken French, you will hear c'est important que very often. Il est important que is just the more formal, grammatically traditional way to state this impersonal expression. Both versions require the subjunctive.
Is there a mandatory liaison between vous and ayez?
Why does the adjective commun come after budget?
In French, most adjectives are placed after the noun they modify. You might remember the acronym BANGS (Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, Size) for the common adjectives that go before the noun. Since commun (shared/common) doesn't fit into those special categories, it follows the standard rule and goes after budget.
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