Breakdown of Il faut que vous vous impliquiez pour financer le projet.
vous
you (plural/formal)
pour
for
le projet
the project
il
it (impersonal subject)
falloir
to be necessary / must (impersonal)
que
that (introducing a clause)
financer
to finance
s'impliquer
to get involved
Questions & Answers about Il faut que vous vous impliquiez pour financer le projet.
Why is the verb spelled impliquiez with an 'i' instead of just impliquez?
Because it is in the subjunctive mood. The impersonal phrase il faut que (it is necessary that) expresses a necessity or strong requirement, which always forces the following verb into the subjunctive. Therefore, the regular present tense vous impliquez becomes the subjunctive vous impliquiez.
How do we form the subjunctive for vous with a regular verb like s'impliquer?
For the nous and vous forms, the present subjunctive looks exactly like the imperfect tense. You take the root of the verb (impliqu-) and add the imperfect endings -ions or -iez. That is why the extra 'i' appears, making it vous vous impliquiez.
Why are there two vous words right next to each other?
The verb here is s'impliquer (to get involved), which is a reflexive verb. The first vous is the subject (you), and the second vous is the reflexive pronoun (yourself or yourselves). Even when triggered into the subjunctive mood by il faut que, reflexive verbs keep their reflexive pronouns directly in front of the verb.
Why is financer left in the infinitive rather than being conjugated?
In French, when a verb expresses a goal and immediately follows a preposition like pour (in order to), sans (without), or de (of/to), it must stay in its infinitive (unconjugated) form. Here, pour financer translates perfectly to 'in order to finance'.
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