How to Conjugate Magic Verb FAIRE in French + Expressions

How to Conjugate Magic Verb FAIRE in French + Expressions As part of my new shorter & simpler how to learn french online, I’ve decided to fully & clearly conjugate for you all the absolutely crucial basic French verbs, in the present tense, in 2 steps: Step 1: just the verb, the whole verb conjugated with each subject.

Step 2: that same conjugated verb but this time in a sentence to give you context.

So far we’ve conjugated avoir, être, et aller, fell free to go back to these latest videos if you need a little review, and this week we are going to conjugate another super important verb… FAIRE = TO DO / TO MAKE.

Why must you know FAIRE? Think of how many times you use the verbs to do or to make in English!

Well, in French we say this even more! Why? Because we use faire in countless expressions and sayings, which in English are not translated by to do or to make.

I will share plenty of these expressions with you in French immersion course and french language learning Let’s conjugate faire in the present tense with every single subject pronoun, and then, I’ll put it in a short sentence USING these expressions so YOU can learn and use them. C’est parti!

Let’s conjugate FAIRE To do / to make = Faire

That’s called the infinitive, l’infinitif, which means it is not conjugated.

Now let’s conjugate it, in the present tense.

I do / I make = Je fais I hike in the countryside with my dogs = Je fais de la randonnée avec mes chiens So, to hike = faire de la randonnée You do / you make = Tu fais (casual) You always pack your bags at the last moment = Tu fais toujours tes valises au dernier moment So, to pack one’s bags = faire ses valises She does / she makes = Elle fait Elle fait pipi avant de voyager car elle déteste les toilettes publiques = She pees before traveling because she hates public bathrooms So, to pee = faire pipi He does / he makes = il fait He’s sulking because she didn’t kiss him = Il fait la tête parce qu’elle ne l’a pas embrassé So, to sulk = faire la tête We do / we make = on fait On is the singular subject pronoun for we. Is it strange to think of we as singular? Think of a unit, think of a couple. A couple is made up of 2 people so it’s plural yet you say “a couple IS” so it’s also singular. On is more used in spoken French, it’s the more casual way to say we.

We get into trouble every time our parents go out of town = On fait des bêtises chaque fois que nos parents s’absentent So, to get into trouble = faire des bêtises We do / we make = nous faisons Nous is the plural subject pronoun for we. It’s less used in spoken French than on, which we just saw, and it’s the more formal, the more proper way to say we. *Just to be sure you understand; the above 2 sentences mean the exact same thing and that is “We are not going on vacation this year” The only difference is that “on” is more casual and “nous” is more “formal” We get into trouble every time our parents go out of town = Nous faisons des bêtises chaque fois que nos parents s’absentent

Same sentence as the one above, same meaning, only this time, we, sound more formal.

On fait des bêtises chaque fois que nos parents s’absentent = Nous faisons des bêtises chaque fois que nos parents s’absentent You do / you make = vous faites (formal or you all) Why are you pretending to listen to me? = Pourquoi faites-vous semblant de m’écouter?

So, to pretend = faire semblant They do / they make = Elles font (for an exclusively feminine group) They ride their bikes every weekend = Elles font du vélo chaque weekend So, to ride one’s bike = faire du vélo They do / they make = Ils font (for a masculine or a mixed group) They party all night long and I can’t sleep = Ils font la fête toute la nuit et je ne peux pas dormir So, to party = faire la fête Et voilà! So! What did I tell you? We use faire like in English when we want to express to do or to make but also for lots of expressions, which in English are not translated by to do or to make. That’s why it’s doubly important to know how to conjugate this verb without hesitation.You can easily do french language courses from our provided platform.

One more time!

FAIRE = TO DO, TO MAKE je fais = I do / I make tu fais = you do / you make (casual) elle fait = she does / she makes il fait = he does / he makes on fait = we do / we make (singular + casual)

nous faisons = we do / we make (plural + formal) vous faites = you do / you make (formal or you all) elles font = they do / they make (feminine) ils font = they do / they make (masculine or mixed)

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