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Falloir - to be necessary

Simple Conjugations for the French Verb 'Falloir'

Woman loading groceries into car — "Il faut une voiture." (It's necessary to have a car.).
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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
Using falloir Expressions with falloir