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 07, 2019

French verb conjugator > falloir

 

 

 

 Present  Future Imperfect Present participlen/a
il   fautfaudrafallait 
    Passé composé
       Auxiliary verb avoir
       Past participle fallu
     
 
 Subjunctive Conditional Passé simple Imperfect subjunctive
ilfaillefaudraitfallutfallût
     
 
 Imperative
 n/a Falloir is impersonal and irregular and is one of the
most common French verbs
Using falloir   Expressions with falloir