This one's got me beaten.... Why does 'il te faut de l'aide' translate as 'you need help'?
Laura
Kwiziq language super star
2/10/16
Bonjour Merle,
You can read "il te faut de l'aide" as "il faut de l'aide à toi" --> it is necessary for help for you.
You can also say "tu as besoin de l'aide."
You can read "il te faut de l'aide" as "il faut de l'aide à toi" --> it is necessary for help for you.
You can also say "tu as besoin de l'aide."
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Merle
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2 October 2016
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This one's got me beaten.... Why does 'il te faut de l'aide' translate as 'you need help'?
It sounds like you are saying 'he (or she) needs to help you'. If you need help then I would want to say 'tu a besoin de l'aide'
This relates to:
Il faut : expressing necessity and obligation -