expressions with a limited number of nouns in singular, the verb "hacer" in the 3rd singular is used as impersonal (Hacer is a very common verb meaning 'to do'). hace frío It's cold hizo frío ayer yesterday it was cold hace viento It's windy Spanish will add the pronoun se in front of verbs to form general sentences. Impersonal voice using se will use a singular verb since se can be replaced by uno. ¿Cómo se escribe "Apple"? How do you spell "Apple"? The passive voice in Spanish has similar characteristics following that of the impersonal se. It is normally formed by using se + the third person singular or plural conjugation of a verb, similar to the impersonal se. This use of se is easily confused with the medial se. Active voice: Mis amigos comieron torta (European and American Spanish) My friends ate cake (i.e. some of the cake) Mis amigos comieron la torta (American Spanish, less frequent in European Spanish) My friends ate the cake Medial meaning: Mis amigos se comieron la torta My friends ate all the cake Passive voice: Esta torta se come tradicionalmente en Navidad. This cake is normally eaten during Christmas Se vende esta casa. This house is for sale French The verbs are impersonal in French because they do not take a real personal subject as they do not represent any action, occurrence or state-of-being that can be attributed to a person, place or a thing. In French, as in English, these impersonal verbs take on the impersonal pronoun - il in French. Il faut que tu fasses tes devoirs. It is necessary that you do your homework. The il is a dummy subject and does not refer to anything in particular in this phrase. The most common impersonal form is il y a, meaning there is, there are. Note its other tenses (il y avait, il y a eu, il y aura, etc.). French makes a distinction between a dummy subject and an actual subject in clauses with infinitives by the use of a different preposition. The preposition de is used with dummy subjects and the preposition à is used with real subjects. Compare: It's important to learn. (= Learning is important.) - dummy subject Il est important d'apprendre. It's important to learn. (= This is important to learn.) - real subjectIl est important à apprendre.German Impersonal verbs are relatively common in