2) Explain the grammar in this sentence : "Je veux que mes cousins puissent voyager." "Puissent" is the subjunctive tense of the verb "pouvoir". <u>SUBJUNCTIVE TENSE</u> Usually, you must have two different persons in the main clause and the dependant clause. (otherwise you would use infinitive = je veux pouvoir voyager (I want to be able to travel)) The verbs + que + subjunctive usually express = wish, order, likes or dislikes,regrets, doubts.... Many expressions are followed by subjunctive as "il faut que", "il vaut mieux que", "afin que", "bien que", "quoique", "pourvu que", "avant que"..........
Exemples = je regrette qu'il ne puisse venir (I regret that he cannot come) Il faut que tu apprennes ta leçon ( you have to learn your lesson)