Falloir - to be necessary

Simple Conjugations for the French Verb 'Falloir'

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"Il faut une voiture." (It's necessary to have a car.).

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ThoughtCo Team
Updated February 28, 2020

French verb conjugator > falloir

Present Future Imperfect Present participle n/a
il faut faudra fallait
Passé composé
Auxiliary verb avoir
Past participle fallu
Subjunctive Conditional Passé simple Imperfect subjunctive
il faille faudrait fallut fallût

Imperative: n/a

Falloir is impersonal and irregular and is one of the
most common French verbs
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