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falloir — to be necessary (il faut)
All seven tenses of falloir, with the full phrase for every person. Irregular verb · auxiliary avoir · past participle fallu · theme: Essentials.
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How to use it
falloir means “to be necessary (il faut)”. It is an irregular verb, so the present-tense stems have to be learned, but the endings still follow the usual pattern. In the passé composé it takes avoir: il a fallu. The past participle is fallu. It is impersonal: only the il form exists, and there is no imperative. Future and conditional share one stem: il faudra / il faudrait.
Présent · Present
What happens now or in general.
| il | il faut |
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Passé composé · Past (completed)
A finished action: avoir or être + past participle.
| il | il a fallu |
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Imparfait · Past (ongoing)
Background, habits and descriptions in the past.
| il | il fallait |
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Futur simple · Future
What will happen.
| il | il faudra |
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Conditionnel · Conditional
What would happen; polite requests.
| il | il faudrait |
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Subjonctif · Subjunctive
After il faut que, vouloir que, bien que…
| il | il faille |
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Impératif · Imperative
Commands and suggestions.
No imperative form for this verb.
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