Falloir Conjugation
Falloir means “to be necessary, must (il faut)”. It is a 3rd group (irregular) verb. Below is its conjugation in 13 tenses, with every person, the same forms the French verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- to be necessary, must (il faut)
- Type
- 3rd group (irregular)
- Infinitive
- falloir
- Present participle
- fallant
- Past participle
- fallu
- Auxiliary
- avoir
Indicative
Presentprésent
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | faut |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Imperfectimparfait
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | fallait |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Simple pastpassé simple
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | fallut |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Futurefutur simple
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | faudra |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Near futurefutur proche
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | va falloir |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Conditionalconditionnel présent
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | faudrait |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Perfect tenses
Compound pastpassé composé
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | a fallu |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Pluperfectplus-que-parfait
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | avait fallu |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Future perfectfutur antérieur
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | aura fallu |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Past conditionalconditionnel passé
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | aurait fallu |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctivesubjonctif présent
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | faille |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Past subjunctivesubjonctif passé
| je / j' | no form |
|---|---|
| tu | no form |
| il / elle / on | ait fallu |
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
| ils / elles | no form |
Imperative
Imperativeimpératif
| tu | no form |
|---|---|
| nous | no form |
| vous | no form |
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About these tables
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