Colloquial Expressions
Il faut + infinitive (it is necessary, one must) Il faut tourner à gauche. It is necessary toturn left. Il faut faire les devoirs. One must do homework. Il lui faut aller à l'école. He must go to school.
Il reste (there remains) Il reste une chambre. There is one room left. Il n'enreste plus. There are no more left. Il me reste trois jours. I havethree days left.
Notice that il faut and il reste can both take an object pronoun to indicate a person.
Il vaut mieux + infinitive (it is better) Il vaut mieux prendre le bus. It is better to take thebus. Il vaut mieux apprendre les langues que la politique. It's betterto learn languages than politics.
Il s'agit de (it's a question of, it's a matter of, it's about) De quoi s'agit-il? What's is about? Il ne s'agit pas de ça! That's not the point! Il s'agit deton avenir. It's a matter of your future.
Avoir beau (although, despite the fact, however much) J'ai beau étudier cettelangue, je ne la parle pas. Although I study this language, I don'tspeak it. Il a beau faire froid, nous sortirons. Although is it cold,we will go out.
