falloir

to be necessary

Group

3rd group

Auxiliary

avoir

Past participle

fallu

Level

A2

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stem · ending you hear · silent ending

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Present

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An impersonal verb: it has only the third person singular, and no imperative.

  • il faut

Passé composé

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  • il a fallu

Near future

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  • il va falloir

Past participle

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  • fallu
Tenses from later levels
  • il fallait
  • il avait fallu
  • il faudra

Future perfect · B2

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  • il aura fallu
  • il fallut
  • il eut fallu

Recent past · A2

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  • il vient de falloir

Present conditional · A2

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  • il faudrait

Past conditional · B1

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  • il aurait fallu

Present subjunctive · B1

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  • qu'il faille

Past subjunctive · B2

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  • qu'il ait fallu

Imperfect subjunctive · C1

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  • qu'il fallût

Pluperfect subjunctive · C1

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  • qu'il eût fallu

Past infinitive · B2

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  • avoir fallu