Faire (to do) · Passé Composé
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Faire in the French passé composé is: j'ai fait, tu as fait, il/elle/on a fait, nous avons fait, vous avez fait, ils/elles ont fait. The passé composé of faire uses AVOIR + the irregular participle 'fait'. 'J'ai fait mes devoirs' = 'I did my homework'. The participle is invariable unless there's a preceding direct object (then it agrees: 'la maison que j'ai faite').
| To Do | Faire |
|---|---|
| I did | j'ai fait |
| you did | tu as fait |
| he/she did | il/elle/on a fait |
| we did | nous avons fait |
| you did | vous avez fait |
| they did | ils/elles ont fait |
Faire (to do) in context
Sentences that use faire in the passé composé. Tap each to hear it.
I did my homework last night.
Did you do the dishes?
It was hot this summer.
We took a trip to Italy.
You did an excellent job.
They partied all night.
Working with the passé composé
The passé composé is French's dominant past tense — used in almost every spoken past reference ("j'ai mangé" = "I ate" or "I have eaten"). It's a COMPOUND tense formed with an auxiliary (avoir for most verbs, être for ~17 motion/state verbs and all reflexives) plus a past participle. Two things to memorise: which verbs take être (aller, venir, partir, sortir, arriver, monter, descendre, naître, mourir, rester, tomber, devenir, retourner, entrer, rentrer, passer, revenir — the so-called "house of être"), and agreement rules (être verbs agree with the subject; avoir verbs only agree with a preceding direct object).
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