Interactive French - Scenario of the Month
Do I Have to? Or Should I?
Il faut ! If you live or have travelled in France, you’ve probably heard these two short words over and over again. When do we use it exactly and how does the sentence construction work? We use il faut to express directions, orders and very strong suggestions. Il faut can be expressed in an impersonal or personal way. Instinctively, foreigners are likely to say “c’est nécessaire de”, each time they want to express “it’s necessary to”, but the French will almost always say “il faut”! Try to do the same…
There are two ways to use “il faut” – Impersonal and general or Personal and specific to the person you are talking to:
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