Re: "Que" followed by indicative ou subjunctive mood ?

On 2008-05-15, curiosity <curiosity> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 19:22:18 +0000 (UTC), Andre Majorel
><cheney@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>On 2008-05-15, curiosity <curiosity> wrote:
>>>
>>> Also you've got the future rather than the present indicative
>>> (gagnerez).
>>
>>In English, you use the present after _to hope_ regardless of
>>whether the action you hope happens is taking place now ("I hope
>>he's all right") or in the future ("I hope it works out"). In
>>French, the distinction is preserved ("j'espère qu'il va bien",
>>"j'espère que ça marchera").
>>
>>"J'espère que vous gagnez" is grammatically correct but doesn't
>>make much sense because _gagner_ normally describes an event,
>>not a process.
>
> I'm a bit unsure of what you mean there. Couldn't gagner be both to
> win (event) or to earn (process).  Or have I got the wrong end of the
> stick?

Here, it's intransitive so it's the "win" sense. In the "earn"
sense, gagner is normally transitive ("j'espère qu'il gagne de
l'argent").

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