Breakdown of Elle voudrait vivre ailleurs.
elle
she
vouloir
to want
vivre
to live, to experience
ailleurs
elsewhere
Questions & Answers about Elle voudrait vivre ailleurs.
What is the exact difference between ailleurs, n'importe où, and où que ce soit?
ailleurs specifically means somewhere else or elsewhere. n'importe où means anywhere at all, showing that the location doesn't matter. où que ce soit uses the subjunctive of être to mean wherever that might be, and is often used to emphasize that absolutely no place is excluded.
Since this lesson covers the subjunctive, why doesn't a wishing verb like voudrait trigger the subjunctive here?
Verbs of desire like vouloir only trigger the subjunctive when there are two different subjects connected by que (for example, Elle voudrait que tu vives ailleurs). Because she is both the person who wants and the person who will live, there is no que and you simply use the infinitive vivre.
Could I use autre part instead of ailleurs in this sentence?
How would we change this sentence to say 'She would like to live wherever you go' using the current lesson's structure?
You would use où que followed by the subjunctive of the second verb: Elle voudrait vivre où que tu ailles. This creates a concession meaning that she wants to live there no matter where you go.
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