Il manque ta signature sur ce formulaire.

Your signature is missing on this form.

Breakdown of Il manque ta signature sur ce formulaire.

• sur: on
• ta: your
• ce: this
• manquer: to lack, to be missing

Questions & Answers about Il manque ta signature sur ce formulaire.

Does manquer here mean to miss?

Yes, but not in the emotional sense of I miss you.

In Il manque ta signature sur ce formulaire, manquer means to be missing / to be absent / to be lacking.

That is different from sentences like Tu me manques, which literally work more like You are missing to me = I miss you.

So:

• Il manque ta signature. = Your signature is missing.
• Tu me manques. = I miss you.

French uses the same verb, but the structure and meaning depend on the context.

Why does the sentence start with il manque? What is il doing there?

Here, il is an impersonal subject. It does not mean he.

French often uses il in a general, fixed pattern to introduce what is missing:

• Il manque un document.
• Il manque une date.
• Il manque ta signature.

This is similar to English using there in a sentence like There is a page missing. The il is just part of the structure.

So in this sentence, il does not refer to a person or thing.

Could I also say Ta signature manque sur ce formulaire?