falloir at B1 — future & conditional
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Project forward and hypothesise with « falloir ».
Future & conditional
At B1 you stop being trapped in the present: the futur says what will happen (« demain, je …rai ») and the conditionnel says what would happen (« si je pouvais, je …rais »). Here’s the teacher’s secret that makes this level easy: they share the same stem. Learn one stem for « falloir », and you’ve bought two tenses for the price of one.
The conditional is also the sound of French politeness — « je voudrais », « pourriez-vous » — so mastering it doesn’t just add grammar, it changes how polite you sound in a bakery.
🔑 Key forms at this level
Futur
Conditionnel
💡 Focus at this level: Future & conditional
👨🏫 How the future & conditional work — step by step
🧠 Memory hook: si-clause template to memorise: « Si + présent → futur » and « Si + imparfait → conditionnel ». Build one of each with « falloir » right now.
🗣️ Pronunciation — listen & repeat (Futur)
Tap 🔊 to hear each form in a native voice, then say it aloud — most French verb endings are silent, so « falloir » forms often sound alike.
🔊 Example sentences
✍️ Practice
il ___ (futur)
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faudra
il ___ (conditionnel)
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faudrait
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