"You must clean their room"
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Kathy h.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
"You must clean their room"
Bonjour,
I understand that using "Il faut" + infinitive is very formal, but if I want to express "You must clean their room" I believe this would be "Il te faut nettoyer sa chambre". Or, to sound less formal, would it be more common to say "Tu dois nettoyer sa chambre" ?
Merci en avance !
Kathy
This question relates to:French lesson "Expressing necessity and obligation in French with "il faut""
Asked 7 years ago
Hi Kathy,
You could say:
Il faut que tu nettoies leur chambre
Il te faut nettoyer leur chambre
Tu dois nettoyer leur chambre
Kathy h.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
It seems the form omitted part of my first sentence: Il *pronoun* faut" + infinitive is very formal
Kathy h. asked:
"You must clean their room"
Bonjour,
I understand that using "Il faut" + infinitive is very formal, but if I want to express "You must clean their room" I believe this would be "Il te faut nettoyer sa chambre". Or, to sound less formal, would it be more common to say "Tu dois nettoyer sa chambre" ?
Merci en avance !
Kathy
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