Conjunctions with the indicative

pendant que

Indicative

Example

Pendant que tu fais le dîner, je mets la table.

Do not write

Pendant qu'il soit là, profitons-en.

Why

Simultaneity bears on real facts: indicative. Do not confuse it with avant que and jusqu'à ce que, which aim at a moment not yet reached and take the subjunctive.

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Conjunctions with the indicative