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How to use « falloir » in French
“falloir” only exists in impersonal forms.
It may be followed by a noun, by an infinitive, by a clause - with the verb in the subjunctive - and it may be preceded by a pronoun acting as indirect object:
French | Translation |
Il faut du temps | Time is needed |
Il faut partir | It is time to leave |
Il faut que nous partions | We must leave |
Il nous faut partir | We must leave |
Il nous faudra revenir dans trois semaines | We must come back in three weeks |
Il a fallu trois mois pour que nous nous décidions | It took us three months to make up our minds |
Il faudrait être certain que cela soit la bonne décision | We need to be sure that this is the right decision |