{"id":20235,"date":"2014-03-30T11:24:07","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T09:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=20235"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:04:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T10:04:45","slug":"il-faut-que-tu-apprennes-le-francais-you-must-learn-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/il-faut-que-tu-apprennes-le-francais-you-must-learn-french\/","title":{"rendered":"*IL FAUT* que tu apprennes le Fran\u00e7ais (You *Must* Learn French)!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning French is not optional anymore; it is now mandatory! Well, just kidding, bien s\u00fbr<\/strong><\/em>…<\/p>\n

One thing you must<\/strong><\/span> do, however, if you already speak French, is to watch out for the good use of\u00a0le<\/em> subjonctif<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Just pay a bit of attention to when French people speak, or to French books, articles, etc., you will often come across the expressions “il faut…<\/em><\/strong><\/span>” (“it is necessary…”) and “il faut que…<\/em><\/strong><\/span>” (“it is necessary to…”)<\/p>\n

One of the reasons why some new learners of French language are confused about the use of these expressions is because “faut<\/em><\/strong>” comes from the rather unusual verb “falloir<\/strong><\/em>“, which always comes in\u00a0une forme impersonnelle<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(an impersonal form.)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

If “il faut<\/em><\/strong>” is followed by a verb, then we normally apply the well-known grammatical rule according to which “when two verbs follow each other, the second one is always in\u00a0mode infinitif<\/em><\/strong>“:<\/p>\n

For example, “il faut\u00a0partir<\/em><\/strong>” (“It’s necessary\/it’s time to leave.”)<\/p>\n