Breakdown of Tu te doutes que ce faussaire va encore nous tromper.
tu
you (informal singular)
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
ce
this (before a noun)
aller
to go
encore
still, again
le faussaire
the forger
se douter que
to suspect that
tromper
to deceive
Questions & Answers about Tu te doutes que ce faussaire va encore nous tromper.
Why is va in the indicative and not the subjunctive, even though it follows a form of the verb douter?
It is because of the reflexive pronoun te. The non-reflexive verb douter que means to doubt that and takes the subjunctive. However, the reflexive se douter que means to suspect that or to have a feeling that. Since it expresses a belief or strong probability rather than actual doubt, it is followed by the indicative.
Why does the object pronoun nous come right before tromper instead of before the conjugated verb va?
In French, when you have a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive, such as the near future tense here, the object pronoun goes immediately before the verb it actually modifies. The forger is going to deceive us, not go us, so nous is placed right before the infinitive tromper.
How do we know whether encore means still or again in this context?
While encore can mean either, the context of a completed or future action usually points to again. Because va tromper is an action that will happen and finish, encore means again. If you wanted to say he is still deceiving us, you would use the present tense instead, as in il nous trompe encore.
What does the verb tromper mean, and how does it change if you make it reflexive?
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