Question

French Tutorial: Faire

Answer 1

\({\bf{Meaning:}}\) to do or to make. However, "faire" is used in many different French expressions not about doing or making something.

\({\bf{Conjugation:}}\)

je fais
tu fais
il/elle/on fait
nous faisons
vous faites
ils/elles font

Answer 2

\({\bf{Expressions~with~Faire:}}\)

- to do/to make
examples:
J'ai fait mes devoirs hier soir. (I did my homework last night.)
Que faisons-nous demain? (What are we doing tomorrow?)

- weather
examples:
Il fait beau. (The weather is good/nice.)
Il fait frais. (The weather is cool.)

S'il fait beau dehors j'irai me promener. (If it's nice out I'll go for a walk.)

Note that for weather, use only the il form.

exceptions: Il pleut (It is raining) and Il neige (It is snowing) are not based on faire.

- Sports/Exercise/Physical Activities
examples:
faire du sport (to play a sport)
faire de l'aérobic (to do aerobics)
faire du l'exercice (to exercise)

Je fais de l'aérobic tous les matins. (I do aerobics every morning.)

Answer 3

cont.

- Household activities/tasks
examples:
faire la cuisine (to cook)
faire la lassive (to do laundry)
faire des achats (to go shopping)

Mes enfants font leur lessive. (My kids do their laundry.)

- School/studies
examples:
faire de la ______ (subjects). faire de la biologie, de la physique, etc. (to study a subject)
faire ses devoirs (to do homework)

Je fais de la chimie. (I study chemistry)

- Activities/hobbies
examples:
faire de la ______ (instrument). faire de la guitare, du piano, etc. (to play an instrument)
faire du théâtre (to act)
faire de la poésie (to write poetry)

Nous gérons un club pour faire de la poésie. (We run a club for writing poetry)

- Emotions/relationships
examples:
faire partie de (to belong to)
faire peur (to scare)
faire la connaissance de (to meet for the first time)

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Answer 4

\({\bf{References:}}\)

Rochester, Myrna B. Easy French Step-by-Step, United States, McGraw-Hill Education, 2009, 129-135.

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/expressions/faire-expressions/ (there are a **lot** of them)

CollinsDictionary for French and English translations

Forvo (https://forvo.com/), a French pronunciation database with samples from native French speakers