Conjunctions with the indicative

parce que

Indicative

Example

Il est resté chez lui parce qu'il était malade.

Do not write

Il est resté chez lui parce qu'il soit malade.

Why

A cause is a real fact: indicative, always. The only apparent exception is non que, which rules a cause out instead of giving it.

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Conjunctions with the indicative