1. Notes les 7-8 novembre FALLOIR (to be necessary) Falloir is only used with the pronoun il. Il faut = it’s necessary/you have to Il fallait = it was/used to be necessary Il a fallu = it was necessary Il va falloir = it’s going to be necessary

2. Falloir is often used with infinitives. Qu’est-ce qu’il faut faire pour avoir une bonne note en français? What do you have to do to have a good grade in French ? Il faut écouter le prof, participer en classe et faire les devoirs. It’s necessary/you have to listen to the teacher, participate in class and do the homework.

3. Falloir is also used to to express the idea to need. Avoir besoin (de) also expresses this idea. Use an indirect object pronoun (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur) with falloir to express this idea. Il me faut un autre cahier = J’ai besoin d’un autre cahier. I need another notebook. Il leur faut l’addition = Ils ont besoin de l’addition. They need the bill.

4. Verbs that end in –yer Verbs that end in –yer share a similar conjugation in the present tense. NETTOYER (to clean) je nettoienous nettoyons tu nettoiesvous nettoyez il/elle nettoieils/elles nettoient Notice that the y changes to i in all persons except nous and vous.

5. Other verbs that end in –yer. balayer (to sweep) essayer (to try) essuyer (to wipe/dry) payer (to pay)