Complaints & Problems

je suis déçu(e) que + subjonctif (preview) vs. je suis déçu(e) de + infinitif — Hindi doesn't distinguish these

Hindi's मुझे निराशा हुई कि... treats both situations identically — whether the disappointed person and the delayed thing are different subjects (the parcel arrived late) or the sentence's subject stays the same throughout (I waited so long), Hindi's कि-clause never changes its verb's form either way. French, by contrast, splits these two cases: être déçu que triggers subjonctif in the que-clause specifically when the two clauses have different subjects (full subjonctif treatment comes later); when the subject stays the same across the whole sentence, French switches to de + infinitive instead (déçu d'avoir attendu, no separate subject, no subjonctif needed). For now, just recognize these two patterns in set complaint phrases rather than producing the subjonctif freely, since Hindi's uniform कि-clause won't tell you which pattern applies.