Abstract

The French conjunction is an invariable French word that serves to link words or propositions. This conjunction consists of seven types, that is: conjunction of time, conjunction of concession, conjunction of goal, conjunction of consequence, conjunction of cause, conjunction of condition, conjunction of comparison. This research speaks only of the conjunctions of the subordinations of the causes.  The purpose of this research is to know and describe the form, meaning, and use of conjunctions of subordinations of causes in the French language. According to Grevisse (2008), the form of subordinate conjunctions of causes consists of two, that is: The simple form and conjunctive locution. The meaning of the conjunctions of subordinations of the causes according to Delatour (1991) consists of two, that is: certainty and uncertainty. Grevisse (2008) also says that the use of conjunctions of subordinations of the causes differentiated by the position of conjunctions. The data sources used in this research consist of three parts: French manuals, French literary works, and also the newspaper and online magazines. From the search result, there are 42 data using the form of conjunctive locutions, 36 data using the indicative mode and have a sense of certainty, 33 data can be used either at the beginning of the sentence or in the middle of the sentence. Therefore, we can conclude that conjunctions which are conjunctive locutions, have a sense of certainty and can be used either at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence are the conjunctions most often found in this research.

Keywords

conjunctions, conjunctions of the causes

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