il fera nuit

it will be dark

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it will be dark An impersonal expression using the future tense of faire; it literally means “it will make night,” but the natural English equivalent is “it will be dark” or “it will be nighttime.”
FR: Il fera nuit quand le film se terminera.
EN: It will be dark when the movie ends.

Il fera nuit quand nous arriverons.

It will be dark when we arrive.

Il fera nuit quand nous rentrerons à la maison.

It will be dark when we get home.

Il fera nuit d'ici là.

It’ll be dark by then.

— Roma (2018)

Il fera nuit dans quelques heures.

It will be dark in a few hours.