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Conjugation
Objective: Conjugate faire across all six subject pronouns and use it for daily activities, chores, and weather statements.
| Pronoun | Form | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| je | fais | feh | I do, I make |
| tu | fais | feh | you do (informal) |
| il / elle / on | fait | feh | he, she, one does |
| nous | faisons | fuh-zon | we do |
| vous | faites | fet | you do (formal or plural) |
| ils / elles | font | fon (nasal) | they do |
The vous form is faites, not faisez, and this irregularity must be memorised as part of the conjugation.
Instruments take jouer de with the partitive du, de la, or de l', never the definite article le.
Fais is the first-person singular form. The verb expresses a daily activity in the sense of to do.
Du is the partitive article for masculine nouns. Sports use faire du, since no ball or board is involved.
Weather expressions use faire with the impersonal il. The il does not refer to a person.
Faisons uses the reduced stem fuh-zon. The verb expresses a household activity in the sense of to make.
Instruments take jouer de with the partitive article. The construction is standard French for every instrument.
5 exercises · about 8 minutes
Weather expressions use faire and the impersonal il, so French says it makes nice rather than it is nice.
The ai in faisons reduces to a soft schwa sound, unlike the open eh heard in fais and fait.
Font is the third-person plural form. The possessive leurs agrees with the plural subject.
Another weather expression, using faire with the impersonal subject. The time expression en hiver sets the season.
De la is the partitive article for feminine nouns. Dance uses faire de because it does not involve a ball or a board.