Breakdown of Le stagiaire vient de demander une augmentation.
une
a / an (feminine)
venir
to come
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
demander
to ask (for) / to require / demand
Questions & Answers about Le stagiaire vient de demander une augmentation.
Since we are studying the past subjunctive, how would you change this sentence to say "I am surprised that the intern asked for a raise"?
You would drop the recent past structure (vient de) and put demander into the past subjunctive. It becomes: Je suis surpris que le stagiaire ait demandé une augmentation. You use the present subjunctive of the auxiliary avoir (ait) plus the past participle (demandé).
Why is vient de translated as "just" instead of "comes from"?
I often confuse demander and poser. Could I use poser here?
No, because poser is only used when asking a question (poser une question). When you are requesting a thing or an action, like asking for a raise, you must use demander. Note that demander already implies "asking for", so you do not add a preposition like pour.
Does une augmentation specifically mean a pay raise?