French GCSE

Subordinating conjunctions

What Subordinating conjunctions means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.

Definition of Subordinating conjunctions

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Conjunctions that introduce dependent clauses, such as 'comme', 'lorsque', 'parce que', 'puisque', 'quand', 'que' and 'si'.

AQA · Conjunctions

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Conjunctions (AQA GCSE)

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