{"id":30130,"date":"2026-04-10T15:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/ressources\/exprimer-lobligation\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:52:26","slug":"exprimer-lobligation","status":"publish","type":"ressources","link":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/resources\/exprimer-lobligation\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressing obligation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Expressing obligation<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">In French, several expressions are used to express obligation.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">1. <\/b><b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"49\">&#8220;il faut&#8221; + infinitive (general obligation)<\/b> Exemple : Il faut nourrir les animaux tous les jours. \/ Example: You must feed the animals every day.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">2. <\/b><b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"61\">&#8220;devoir&#8221; + infinitive verb (personal obligation)<\/b> Exemple : Nous devons arroser les l\u00e9gumes. \/ Example: We must water the vegetables.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">3. <\/b><b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"56\">&#8220;\u00eatre oblig\u00e9(e) de&#8221; + infinitive (strong constraint)<\/b> Exemple : Nous sommes oblig\u00e9s de ramasser les \u0153ufs. \/ Example: We are obliged to collect the eggs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30128,"template":"","niveau":[126,164,127,165,166,128,167,168],"class_list":["post-30130","ressources","type-ressources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","niveau-a2","niveau-a2-2","niveau-b1","niveau-b1-1","niveau-b1-2","niveau-b2","niveau-b2-1","niveau-b2-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ressources\/30130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ressources"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ressources"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ressources\/30130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30133,"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ressources\/30130\/revisions\/30133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"niveau","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myfluentfrench.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/niveau?post=30130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}