Breakdown of Le recruteur cherche un candidat qui corresponde à ces exigences.
un
a / an (masculine)
qui
who
ce
this (before a noun)
chercher
to look for
le candidat
the candidate
correspondre à
to match
l'exigence
the requirement (f)
le recruteur
the recruiter
Questions & Answers about Le recruteur cherche un candidat qui corresponde à ces exigences.
Why is corresponde in the subjunctive here instead of the indicative?
Would it be wrong to use the indicative and say qui correspond?
It would not be grammatically wrong, but it changes the meaning. If you use the indicative correspond, it implies the recruiter already knows this specific person exists and is simply trying to locate them. The subjunctive corresponde emphasizes that they are searching for a hypothetical match.
Why is there an à before ces exigences?
In French, the verb correspondre requires the preposition à when it means to match, fit, or meet a standard. While in English we directly 'meet a requirement', in French you 'correspond to' a requirement (correspondre à une exigence).
How do we find the stem to form the subjunctive corresponde?
For most verbs, you find the subjunctive stem by taking the present tense ils/elles form and dropping the -ent. For correspondre, ils correspondent becomes the stem correspond-. Then you add the subjunctive ending, which is -e for the third-person singular.
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