Do you need to use the subjunctive or the indicative after jusqu’à ce que… ?
Decide whether you need the subjunctive or the indicative in the following sentence:
👉 On ne partira pas jusqu’à ce que tu (mettre) tes chaussures.
When a sentence includes jusqu’à ce que, you must follow up with a subject and verb in the subjunctive. This is a subordinating conjunction, and it’s one to memorize.
Some conjunctions are followed by the subjunctive, while others take the indicative. Jusquà means until, and when you want to follow it with a noun, you need the conjunction jusqu’à ce que.
To form the subjunctive, begin with the present tense indicative form of mettre.
👉 ILS METTENT
Take off -ent to find the subjunctive stem.
👉 METT-
Add the correct ending for tu.
👉 On ne partira pas jusqu’à ce que tu mettes tes chaussures.
👉 Translation: We will not leave until you put your shoes on.
