Word
Quiconque trouve l'intrus doit le signaler avant qu'il soit trop tard.
Meaning
Whoever finds the intruder must report him before it is too late.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Quiconque trouve l'intrus doit le signaler avant qu'il soit trop tard.
être
to be
trouver
to find
tard
late
il
it (impersonal subject)
Questions & Answers about Quiconque trouve l'intrus doit le signaler avant qu'il soit trop tard.
What verb does quiconque act as the subject for in this sentence?
Why is the pronoun le placed right before signaler rather than before doit?
In French, object pronouns go immediately before the verb they are logically attached to. Here, you are reporting the intruder (le signaler), not 'musting' the intruder. When you have a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive (like doit signaler), the pronoun almost always goes right before the infinitive.
Why is the verb at the end soit (subjunctive) instead of est?
The conjunction avant que (before) always requires the subjunctive mood. This is because 'before' an action happens, that action is still a hypothetical future event, not yet a confirmed reality.
Why do we use il soit instead of ce soit for 'it is'?