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|Il faut du | |Il faut du monde | ||
| | |It takes people | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Il | |Il faut rester | ||
| | |We must stay | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Il faut que nous | |Il faut que nous marchions | ||
|We | |We have to walk | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Il nous faut | |Il nous faut réfléchir | ||
|We | |We have to think | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Il nous faudra revenir | |Il nous faudra revenir dans 2 semaines | ||
|We must come back in | |We must come back in 2 weeks | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Il | |Il aura fallu trois semaines pour que vous vous décidiez | ||
|It took | |It took three weeks for you to make up your mind | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Il faudrait être | |Il faudrait être certain que les cambrioleurs soient sortis de la maison | ||
|We | |We should be sure that the burglars are out of the house | ||
|} | |} | ||
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Revision as of 19:26, 1 December 2021
How to use « falloir » in French
Definitions
impersonal form
A sentence is in the impersonal form if:
- The subject is the word "il".
- The subject represents nothing and no one.
The indirect object complement
The indirect object complement (French: le complément d'objet indirect, COI) indirectly completes the verb most often through a preposition. The verb used with an COI is an indirect transitive verb.
To find the COI of the verb, it is most enough to ask questions:
- à qui ? à quoi ? (to whom?) (to what?)
- de qui ? de quoi ? (of who?) (of what?)
Falloir
Rule
The French verb “falloir” only exists in its impersonal form.
The verb "falloir" can be followed by:
- a noun,
- an infinitive,
- a clause (with the verb in the subjunctive)
and it can be preceded by a pronoun acting as an indirect object.
Examples
Look at the following examples:
French | Translation |
---|---|
Il faut du monde | It takes people |
Il faut rester | We must stay |
Il faut que nous marchions | We have to walk |
Il nous faut réfléchir | We have to think |
Il nous faudra revenir dans 2 semaines | We must come back in 2 weeks |
Il aura fallu trois semaines pour que vous vous décidiez | It took three weeks for you to make up your mind |
Il faudrait être certain que les cambrioleurs soient sortis de la maison | We should be sure that the burglars are out of the house |