Time order
après que
FormalC1Function
Time order
Meaning
Places an action AFTER another, and takes the INDICATIVE.
Position and punctuation
within the sentence · no comma
Example
Les résultats ont été publiés après que la commission a rendu son avis.
The results were published after the committee gave its opinion.
In the DELF
the C1 synthesis
The trap
The INDICATIVE, even though the subjunctive is heard everywhere: what follows après que HAS happened, so there is nothing to doubt.
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