faire
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[edit] English
[edit] Adjective
faire
- Obsolete spelling of fair.
[edit] Noun
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faire (plural faires)
- Obsolete spelling of fair.
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[edit] French
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faire
- (transitive) to do
- faire la vaisselle — to do the washing-up
- (transitive) to make
- faire une erreur — to make a mistake
- (transitive) to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)
- "Je t'aime," fit-il. — "I love you," he said.
- Le chat fait "miaou". — Cats go "miaow".
- (transitive) to make (someone or something do something)
- Tu me fais rire. — You make me laugh.
- (impersonal) To be (of the weather or various situations).
- Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors. — It's hot/cold/dark/nice outside.
- Ça fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons. — We have known each other for ten years.
- (reflexive) to do, to make (oneself)
- Elle se fait les ongles. — She's doing her nails.
- (reflexive) to ripen (of fruit), to mature (of cheese, etc.)
- (reflexive) to get used (à to)
[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 | — | ||
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[edit] Occitan
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[edit] Verb
faire
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Noun
faire f., pl. fairean
- watch (the act or period of watching or guarding)
