French verb faire

The tables below show the conjugation of the French verb faire in the various simple and compound tenses.

See below for notes on the conjugation of faire

PresentPerfect

jefais
tufais
il/ellefait
nousfaisons
vousfaites
ils/ellesfont

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j'ai fait
tuas fait
il/ellea fait
nousavons fait
vousavez fait
ils/ellesont fait

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ImperfectPluperfect

jefaisais
tufaisais
il/ellefaisait
nousfaisions
vousfaisiez
ils/ellesfaisaient

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j'avais fait
tuavais fait
il/elleavait fait
nousavions fait
vousaviez fait
ils/ellesavaient fait

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FutureFuture-perfect

jeferai
tuferas
il/ellefera
nousferons
vousferez
ils/ellesferont

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j'aurai fait
tuauras fait
il/elleaura fait
nousaurons fait
vousaurez fait
ils/ellesauront fait

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ConditionalConditional perfect

jeferais
tuferais
il/elleferait
nousferions
vousferiez
ils/ellesferaient

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j'aurais fait
tuaurais fait
il/elleaurait fait
nousaurions fait
vousauriez fait
ils/ellesauraient fait

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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

jefasse
tufasses
il/ellefasse
nousfassions
vousfassiez
ils/ellesfassent

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j'aie fait
tuaies fait
il/elleait fait
nousayons fait
vousayez fait
ils/ellesaient fait

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  • This is one of the few verbs with a third person plural present tense form ending in -ont.
  • The vous present tense form-- faites-- is also highly irregular.
  • The pronunciation of faisons unusually has a schwa vowel: f@zo~.
  • This is one of the few verbs to have an irregular subjunctive form.

See this article for information on the usage and translation of faire.

Forms of the verb faire are some of the most common in the language: see this article on common French verb forms.


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