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Nous protégeons cette forêt indigène jusqu'à ce qu'elle absorbe plus de carbone.

Nous protégeons cette forêt indigène jusqu'à ce qu'elle absorbe plus de carbone.
We are protecting this native forest until it absorbs more carbon.
From Lesson 419:Comparative quantifiers (davantage de / plus de)·French

Questions & Answers about Nous protégeons cette forêt indigène jusqu'à ce qu'elle absorbe plus de carbone.

Could I use davantage de instead of plus de in this sentence?
Yes! You could say davantage de carbone. Both mean "more carbon." Davantage is slightly more formal and is used with nouns or verbs, but never with adjectives. Since carbone is a noun, both plus de and davantage de work perfectly here.
Why do we use jusqu'à ce que instead of just jusqu'à?
Jusqu'à is a preposition and must be followed by a noun or a pronoun. Because we are introducing a full clause with a new subject and verb (elle absorbe), we have to use the conjunction jusqu'à ce que.
Is absorbe in the present indicative or the subjunctive mood here?
It is in the subjunctive mood, which is always required after the conjunction jusqu'à ce que. For regular -er verbs like absorber, the subjunctive form (elle absorbe) happens to look and sound exactly the same as the present indicative.
Why is there an e after the g in protégeons?
Verbs ending in -ger (like protéger) must keep their soft sound before the vowels a or o. Without the e, protégons would have a hard "g" sound (like in "gold"). Inserting the e forces the soft sound (like the "s" in "measure").

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