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- "Il faut un homme calme."
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899
Could someone explain when "Il" means "We"?
It is just in the phrase "Il faut..." or is it more complicated?
922
As the verb "falloir" means to need or to be necessary, I suggest to include the following translation as well: "It is necessary a calm man".
I translated: "A calm man is needed". Accepted.
That's what I wanted to type - it's much more closer in meaning, but I decided to follow the cues instead. So I typed "one needs a calm man."
840
As nadudu explained below " il faut is an entity in itself... if you then see it like this and translate it as such "il faut " could mean it is necessary... or it takes... so the sentence would then read like this:... it takes a calm man... in a more free translation it would be:... we need a calm man a As I am just a learner, this is the answer that I came up with.
840
see nadudu discussion comment you do not translate il faut word by word it is an entity that you learn
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the phrase il fait shaude means we need hot in same meaning in my opinien the correct translation is the situation needs a calm man. you can translate it anyweays but the sense is only one.