faire
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[edit] English
[edit] Adjective
faire
- Obsolete spelling of fair.
[edit] Noun
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Plural |
faire (plural faires)
- Obsolete spelling of fair.
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
faire
- to do
- faire la vaisselle - to do the washing-up
- to make
- faire une erreur - to make a mistake
- to make (someone do something)
- Tu me fais rire. - You make me laugh.
- (impersonal) Used to describe various weathers or situations.
- Il fait chaud, froid, noir, beau dehors. - It's hot, cold, dark, nice outside.
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of faire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | faire | avoir fait | |||||
| gerund | en faisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | faisant | ||||||
| past participle | fait | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fais | fais | fait | faisons | faites | font |
| imperfect | faisais | faisais | faisait | faisions | faisiez | faisaient | |
| past historic | fis | fis | fit | fîmes | fîtes | firent | |
| future | ferai | feras | fera | ferons | ferez | feront | |
| conditional | ferais | ferais | ferait | ferions | feriez | feraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fasse | fasses | fasse | fassions | fassiez | fassent |
| imperfect | fisse | fisses | fît | fissions | fissiez | fissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fais | — | faisons | faites | — | ||
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Noun
faire f., pl. fairean
- watch (the act or period of watching or guarding)
