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Faire Conjugation: How To Conjugate To Make/Do In French

Conjugation tables for faire in French

The French verb faire is one of the most commonly used verbs in the language. The two main meanings of faire are “to make” and “to do”. The present tense conjugation of faire is: Je fais (I do), Tu fais (You do, familiar), Il, elle fait (He, she does), Nous faisons (We do), Vous faites (You do, plural, formal) and Ils, elles font (They do). Keep reading to find the complete Faire conjugation tables with example sentences.

The verb faire is also used in a wide variety of idiomatic expressions.

Faire is an irregular verb. This means that when conjugated in the present tense, its verb endings to not follow the same patterns as regular verbs in the -er group.

This post provides verb tables of faire in the following tenses:

• present tense, compound past ( passé composé )
• simple past ( passé simple )
• imperfect ( imparfait )
• near future ( futur proche )
• simple future ( futur simple )
• past future (futur antérieur)
• conditional mood ( présent du conditionnel )
• present subjunctive ( subjonctif )
• imperative (impératif) and gerund.

Idiomatic Uses of Faire: How to use this versatile verb

The French verb faire is used in many French idiomatic and cultural expressions. We’ve included lots of these idiomatic expressions in our example sentences in the verb tables below.

Weather expressions with faire

The following is a sample list of French weather expressions which use faire. The grammatical construction is: Il fait + weather condition. Here you can find a complete list of French weather terms .

• Il fait beau. It’s nice weather.
• Il fait mauvais. It’s bad weather.
• Il fait froid. It’s cold out.
• Il fait chaud. It’s hot out.
• Il fait du soleil. It’s sunny out.
• Il fait du vent. It’s windy out.

Sports and activities

Faire is also used for sports, activities and hobbies. The grammatical structure is faire + de + le/la/les + activity name. The de + le/la/les gets contracted into du, de la and d’. Below we’ve included a brief list.

• Faire du sport to do sports
• Faire des exercises to do exercises
• Faire du vélo to go bike riding
• Faire du ski to go skiing
• Faire de la natation To go swimming
• Faire de la randonnée To go hiking

Common faire expressions

Here are some of the most commonly used expressions which use the verb faire. There are many more uses faire.

• Faire du shopping to go shopping
• Faire des courses to do errands, go shopping
• Faire le ménage to do housework
• Faire la vaisselle to do dishes
• Faire la lessive to do laundry
• Faire le pont to take a long weekend
• Faire les devoirs to do homework
• Faire attention to be careful, watch out
• Faire la fête to party
• Faire le lit to make the bed
• Faire la tête to sulk

This page provides much more extensive list of faire expressions .

Causative construction

In French grammar , faire is used in what’s called the causative construction to indicate having something done.

The grammatical construction faire + infinitive is used to express having something done (by somebody else).

• Je fais réparer la voiture.   I have the car repaired.
• Je fais faire un costume.  I have a suit made.
• Je fais nettoyer la cuisine.   I have the kitchen cleaned.

School subjects

The verb faire can also be used for studying ‘doing’ school. Again the grammatical construction is faire + de + le/la/les + subject. This page offers a complete list of  French school subject vocabulary .

• J’ai fait du Chinois à l’université.  I studied Chinese in university.
• Marie fait de la biologie au lycée.  Marie studies biology in high school.
• Pierre fait des maths au collège.  Pierre studies math in middle school.

Se faire – forme pronominale

Following the causative form above, se faire + infinitive means to have somebody else carry out an action onto the subject. Here are two examples.

• Martin se fait vacciner. Martin gets vaccinated.
• Éric se fait rouler. Eric gets ripped off.

In an impersonal expression se faire translates to “is it that”.

• Comment se fait-il qu’il est arrivé si tard?  How is it that he arrived s o late?

Se faire is a passive voice to mean “is done”.

• Ça se fait pas en France!  That isn’t done in France! (You don’t do that in France!)

Faire can mean to cover in terms of covering distance.

• J’ai fait huit cent miles en un jour.  I covered (went) 800 miles in one day.

Faire Conjugation French: Charts & Tables

Present indicative (present tense).

The following chart shows faire conjugated in the present tense ( le présent de l’indicatif ).

Compound past (passé composé)

The French passé composé is used to describe actions which occurred at a specific moment in time. For the verb faire, it the passé composé is formed by combining the present tense of the verb avoir (to have) with the past participle “fait”.

Simple past (passé simple)

The simple past or passé simple is a literary past tense and equates grammatically to the passé composé.

Given that this tense is mostly used used in literary works, it’s most common to see the third-person singular (il and elle) and third-person plural (ils, elles) forms: Il/elle fit and Ils/elles firent .

Imperfect (imparfait)

The French imperfect tense (l’imparfait) is used for describing past actions that occurred during undefined periods of time.

“Je faisais” translates to “I used to do”, I used to make”, “I was doing” and “I was making”.

Thus, in the verb table below, translations include “was making”, “was doing”, “used to make” and “used to do”.

Near future (futur proche)

The near future tense is a future tense that combines the present tense of aller as an auxiliary verb with and infinitive. Hence, “Je vais faire” translates to “I will make”, “I will do”, “I am going to make” and “I am going to do”.

Simple future ( futur simple )

The simple future is another French future tense which has a slightly less degree of certainty than the futur proche. For the verb faire, it is formed by adding the appropriate ending the stem -fer.

Past future (futur antérieur)

The French past future tense ( futur antérieur ) is used to describe actions that will have happened in the future. For the verb faire, it is formed by combining avoir in the simple future as an auxiliary verb with the past participle “fait”.

Hence, “J’aurai fait” translates to “I will have made” or “I will have done”.

Conditional mood (présent du conditionnel)

The conditional tense ( présent du conditionnel ) is used to express hypothetical situations. It is the “would” tense. For the verb faire, it is formed by combing the appropriate ending with the stem -fer.

Hence, “Je ferais” translates to “I would make” and “I would do”.

Present subjunctive (subjonctif)

The subjunctive mood (subjonctif) is used to express wishes, emotions and doubts. Thus, “que je fasse” translates to “that I make” and “that I do”.

Imperative (impératif)

The French imperative mood (impératif) is the commanding tense. Hence, in the affirmative imperative and tu (you familiar) form, “Fais!” means “Make!” or “Do!”.

In the negative imperative and tu form, “Ne fais pas!” translates to “Don’t make!” or “Don’t do!”.

Positive imperative

Negative imperative, gerund (gérondif).

The French gerund combines the preposition “en” with the present participle of the verb. Hence, for the verb faire, “en faisant” translates to “while doing” or “while making. Here are some example sentences:

• Je me suis coupé le doigt en faisant la cuisine. I cut my finger while cooking.
• Tu as pris de belles photos en faisant du ski. You took some nice pictures while skiing.

Discover more:

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