How French works
One of the commonest of all irregular verbs in French is faire meaning to make or to do. The present tense of faire conjugates like this:
| faire to make / do | ||
|---|---|---|
| je | fais | |
| tu | fais | |
| il / elle | fait | |
| nous | faisons | |
| vous | faites | |
| ils / elles | font | |
It's important to remember that the vous form of faire is vous faites and not vous faisez.
Faire is used when you want to say you're making or doing something:
Je fais mes devoirs à cinq heures
I do my homework at five o'clock
Tu fais peu d’erreurs
You don't make many mistakes
Elle fait ses courses le samedi matin
She does her shopping on Saturday mornings
Que faites-vous demain?
What are you doing tomorrow?
Le mercredi après-midi ils font du sport
On Wednesday afternoons they play sport
Elles font de l’équitation
They do horse riding
You also use faire when when you're talking about the weather:
Quel temps fait-il? Il fait du soleil
What’s the weather like? It's sunny
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