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[boreal river]

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[vocal oxide]

So « falloir » is used to describe a necessity, something that you have to do due to external factors. For example, if you say « il faut que j'étudie », something else is telling you to study.
If you just use « falloir » without a pronoun, however, like « il faut étudier », it's a general order that's not specifically aimed at you. We can translate this as 'One must study'.
Do note that « falloir » is an impersonal verb meaning that you can only use it in the third person singular « il ». So, « il faut » not « *je faux » or whatever.

[wicked gull]

(Note that you could say 'Il me faut/Il te faut/etc.' if you want to specify to whom it applies, though this is not common. You're more likely to see 'Il faut que je/tu/etc.')

[frail burrow]

@robust magnet Hey, falloir is the verb. Faut is the verb falloir conjugated at the present. (fallait -imparfait, faudra -futur).

It's basically the difference between "I do" and "i'm going to do".
Il me faut des fruits : I need some fruits -like ,right now-.

il va me falloir des fruits : I'm going to need some fruits -to bake this pie, for example-