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faire — to do; to make

faire is the #17 most common word in French, a verb. It means “to do; to make” and is pronounced /fɛʁ/.

#17frequency rank
0.74%of everyday French text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of faire

FormWhat it isMeaning
faireinfinitiveto do
faisant-ing formdoing
faitpast participledone
faisI · presentI do
faisyou · presentyou do
faithe/she · presenthe/she does
faisonswe · presentwe do
faitesyou (pl.) · presentyou (pl.) do
fontthey · presentthey do
faisaisI · imperfectI used to do
faisaisyou · imperfectyou used to do
faisaithe/she · imperfecthe/she used to do
faisionswe · imperfectwe used to do
faisiezyou (pl.) · imperfectyou (pl.) used to do
faisaientthey · imperfectthey used to do
fisI · pastI did
fisyou · pastyou did
fithe/she · pasthe/she did
fîmeswe · pastwe did
fîtesyou (pl.) · pastyou (pl.) did
firentthey · pastthey did
feraiI · futureI will do
ferasyou · futureyou will do
ferahe/she · futurehe/she will do
feronswe · futurewe will do
ferezyou (pl.) · futureyou (pl.) will do
ferontthey · futurethey will do
feraisI · conditionalI would do
feraisyou · conditionalyou would do
feraithe/she · conditionalhe/she would do
ferionswe · conditionalwe would do
feriezyou (pl.) · conditionalyou (pl.) would do
feraientthey · conditionalthey would do
fasseI · subjunctive present(that) I do
fassesyou · subjunctive present(that) you do
fassehe/she · subjunctive present(that) he/she do
fassionswe · subjunctive present(that) we do
fassiezyou (pl.) · subjunctive present(that) you (pl.) do
fassentthey · subjunctive present(that) they do
fisseI · subjunctive imperfect(if) I did
fissesyou · subjunctive imperfect(if) you did
fîthe/she · subjunctive imperfect(if) he/she did
fissionswe · subjunctive imperfect(if) we did
fissiezyou (pl.) · subjunctive imperfect(if) you (pl.) did
fissentthey · subjunctive imperfect(if) they did
faisyou · commanddo!
faisonswe · commanddo! (to several)
faitesyou (pl.) · commanddo! (to several)

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