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Whoops my question got cut off... personne ne soit capable de se passer de son portable. Why use subjunctive?

VictoriaC1Kwiziq community member

Whoops my question got cut off... personne ne soit capable de se passer de son portable. Why use subjunctive?

This question relates to:French lesson "Personne ne ..., rien ne ... = No one, nothing (negation) in French"
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CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Yes Victoria, as I suspected to indicate the doubt.

Il semblerait que ...= it would seem that...

Hope this helps!

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CécileKwiziq team member

Hi Victoria, 

What is the verb that precedes ...personne... as it is probably the reason why the subjunctive is used?

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VictoriaC1Kwiziq community member

"Il semberait que, personne ne soit capable de se passer de son portable"

So, it's the il semblerait que that makes the following verb subjunctive, yes? Thank you!

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