French Impersonal Verbs
The French Impersonal Verbs are these verbs that used il (it) or ce/cela (there)
French Impersonal verbs with IL
Weather verbs
Il pleut - it’s raining
Il neige - it’s snowing
Il gèle - it’s freezing
Il tonne - it’s thundering
Il y a du brouillard - it’s foggy
Il fait du vent - it’s windy
Il fait beau - it’s fine
Il fait mauvais - the weather’s bad
Il fait chaud/froid - it’s hot/cold
Time of day
Il est cinq heures - it’s five o’ clock
Il est midi et demi - it’s half past twelve
Il est tard - it’s late
Il y a
Il y a 30 000 personnes dans le stade - there are 30 000 people in the stadium
Impersonal expressions
Il s’agit de - it’s about
Il m’est arrive de - I happened to
Il faut (que) - you (we, they etc…) must/need
Il parait que - it appears that
Il semble que - it seems that
Il suffit de - you only have to
Il vaut mieux - it’s better to
Il était une fois - once upon a time
French Impersonal Verbs with CE/CELA
CE is used as être subject
CELA is used for any verb as a subject
Il est facile de mentir - it’s easy to tell lies
Si elle rie, c’est qu’elle ne veut pas en parler - if she’s laughing, it’s because she doesn’t want to talk about that
C’est + adjective is very common in spoken French instead il est +adjective
C'est beau quand la pluie tombe - It's beautiful when the rain falls
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