Il me fallut longtemps pour comprendre d'où il venait.
It took me a long time to understand where he came from.
falloir
/fa.lwaʁ/to be necessary
regularauxiliary: avoir
Examples in context
Il ne faut pas que tu dises ça.
You don’t have to say that.
Il a tout ce qu'il te faut.
He has everything that you need.
Il faut que j'y aille
I need to go.
Faut que j'y aille.
Got to go.
Et si vous nuisez à ma réputation, eh bien, il faudra que je ruine la vôtre.
And if you ruin my reputation, well, I'll have to ruin yours.
Practise falloir in Verbly
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Indicative
Present
Tense guide →| il/elle | faut/fo/ |
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Imperfect
Tense guide →| il/elle | fallait/fa.lɛ/ |
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Future
Tense guide →| il/elle | faudra/fo.dʁa/ |
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Simple past
Tense guide →| il/elle | fallut/fa.ly/ |
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Subjunctive
Present
Tense guide →| il/elle | faille/faj/ |
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Imperfect
Tense guide →| il/elle | fallût |
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Conditional
Present
Tense guide →| il/elle | faudrait/fo.dʁɛ/ |
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Other forms
Infinitive
Tense guide →| falloir/fa.lwaʁ/ |
Past participle
Tense guide →| fallu/fa.ly/ |
Gerund
Tense guide →| fallant | ||
| s'en fallant |