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<div style="font-size:300%">Impersonal verbs</div>
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Most verbs are personal: they must be conjugated to different persons, such as:
* "manger" (to eat): je mange (I eat), tu manges (you eat), etc.


Most verbs are personal: they must be conjugated to different people, such as "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 3rd person of singular.
However, some verbs are used '''impersonaly''', meaning they only have one conjugation, the third person singular.
* we can say "Il pleut". However, we cannot say "Je pleus".


* See also the [[Language/French/Grammar/Impersonal-vs-Personal|impersonal form]].
* See also the [[Language/French/Grammar/Impersonal-vs-Personal|impersonal form]].

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Impersonal verbs

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

  • "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.

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