Il va de soi is a French impersonal expression meaning “it goes without saying”.
Il va de soi
It goes without saying, needless to say
Example sentences
Il va de soi que la famille passera Noël à Paris.
It goes without saying that the family will spend Christmas in Paris.
This sentence uses the verb assister, which can be tricky. Assister + person means “to help” and assister à + event means “to attend”.
Il va de soi que nous assisterons à la fête d’anniversaire.
It goes without saying that we’ll attend the birthday party.
Expression origin
The origin of this expression is unkown. Wiktionary gives the the following French definition: La conséquence logique de ce qui a été dit précédemment ; être facilement déductible (The consequence of what was said before; To be easily deductible).
Related lesson
Now that you’ve mastered il va de soi, check our my lesson explaining the synonymous expression il va sans dire, which also means “it goes without saying”.
