Copy of Week 16 Day 2: The Many Uses of “Faire” and Vocabulary about Children
Today, we will talk about one of the most powerful verbs in French. Not “avoir” or “être,” but the multi-purpose verb “faire.” We will also learn new vocabulary about children.
To start, let’s talk about faire, a verb that is usually translated into “to do” in English. Faire actually has more uses than just that, however.
Listen to Week 16 Day 2 Track 1
- To do:
Qu’est-ce que tu fais ici ?
What do you do here?
- To make:
Il a fait des crêpes pour la soirée.
He made pancakes for the party.
- To force someone to do something (faire + infinitive of another verb):
Je l’ai fait marcher à la maison.
I force him to walk home.
- To play a role:
Il fait le malin devant nous, mais il a peur.
He acts tough in front of us but he’s scared !
- To produce:
Cette usine fait des petites pièces en plastique.
This factory produces small pieces of plastic.
- To build:
L’architecte Stephen Sauvestre a fait cette tour.
The architect Stephen Sauvestre constructed this tower.
- Equivalent to:
Un hectare fait dix milles mètres carrés.
A hectare is equivalent to ten thousand square meters.
- Compose:
Ce compositeur fait des chansons pour les enfants.
This composer composes songs for children.
Speaking Practice 1
Dialogue
For the second part of the lesson, we will talk about children. Imagine your family moves to a French speaking country. You will need to talk about your children, ask your neighbors where the nearest nursery is, find out where to buy toys for them, and several other scenarios. Let’s learn some of them.
Here is some vocabulary related to children:
Speaking Practice 2
Dialogue:
A Quick Recap of this Lesson-
Un petit résumé de la leçon
Sharpen Your Knowledge with Exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Answer the questions about the dialogue:
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Answer the questions about the dialogue: