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Personal and Impersonal Verbs[edit | edit source]

Impersonal verbs

Most verbs are personal: they must be conjugated to different persons, such as:

  • Example: "manger" (to eat): je mange (I eat), tu manges (you eat), etc.

However, some verbs are used impersonaly, meaning they only have one conjugation, the third person singular.

  • Example: we can say "Il pleut". However, we cannot say "Je pleus".

Video - French Impersonal Verbs Examples : Valoir, Falloir, Pleuvoir[edit | edit source]

Video - comptine pour enfants (nursery rhyme) : "Il pleut il mouille"[edit | edit source]

Children know how to use impersonal verbs like in this rhyme: "il pleut, il mouille, c'est la fête à la grenouille" (it's raining, it's wet, it's a frog party). 😄

We can use the traditional verb, “pleuvoir”, as well as the transitive verb, “mouiller”. The latter is used more colloquially, and it indicates greater intensity of rain.

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French Impersonal Verbs in French : Valoir, Falloir, Pleuvoir - YouTube[edit | edit source]

French IMPERSONAL VERBS // French conjugation Course ...[edit | edit source]

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