Another useful impersonal verb expression, to say it is necessary to do something, is il faut. Higher Tier only - The impersonal verb phrase il manque is used to say something is missing. Some verbs ...

Some verbs in French are always used in the third person. This means they always start with il as they are impersonal. In other words, they are general statements not related to any particular person.

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