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- "Il faut être parfait."
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No, unfortunately, "falloir" is defective, which means that it only exists with the impersonal pronoun "il". However, all tenses are possible:
- present: il faut
- imparfait : il fallait
- futur simple: il faudra
- passé simple : il fallut
- futur antérieur: il aura fallu
- passé composé: il a fallu
- pus que parfait: il avait fallu
- passé antérieur: il eut fallu
- conditionnel présent: il faudrait
- conditionnel passé: il aurait fallu
- subjonctif présent: qu'il faille
there are others, but I think you can manage every possible situation with those...
Foggybottom.
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The correct answer I was given was “ We have to be perfect”. Reading other inquiries and seeing what the answer is. Can I trust what I’m reading?