"Il faut que je finisse de préparer ma présentation."
Translation:I must finish preparing my presentation.
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Subjunctive mood used after 《il faut que ...》
A google search gives many links which teach this. The first I saw was https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/subjunctive/
"In French, feelings like doubt and desire require the subjunctive, as do expressions of necessity, possibility, and judgment."
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It still rejects "i have to finish preparing my presentation". Reported 9 August 2020.
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There is a dfference in English when using present tense ... extract from link below: https://www.woodwardenglish.com/lesson/must-vs-have-to/
We generally use must when the speaker decides that something is necessary, or needs to be done.
I must write a letter to John.
In this case I have decided that I need to write a letter to John. Nobody else has told me to write it. I think it is necessary.
I have to write a letter to John.
We use have to when somebody else other than the speaker has made the decision. So here, I didn’t decide to write a letter. Somebody else has told me to write it, somebody else told me it was necessary to do.
There's more on the link.
