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Falloir conjugation

falloir: to be necessary. The 13th most common French verb on SparkAI's list.

Auxiliary
avoir
Past participle
fallu

Il faut partir.
We have to leave.

Présent present

  • il faut
Regular -ir verbs – present tense →

Passé composé perfect / simple past

  • il a fallu
Passé composé – irregular past participles →

Imparfait imperfect

  • il fallait
Imparfait – formation →

Futur simple future

  • il faudra
Simple future – irregular stems →

Conditionnel présent conditional

  • il faudrait
Present conditional – formation and politeness →

Subjonctif présent present subjunctive

  • qu'il faille
Subjunctive – irregular verbs →

Plus-que-parfait pluperfect

  • il avait fallu
Plus-que-parfait – the past before the past →

Futur antérieur future perfect

  • il aura fallu
Futur antérieur – future perfect →

Conditionnel passé past conditional

  • il aurait fallu
Past conditional →

Practise conjugating “falloir” →

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