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Conjugation of the French verb faire

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb faire, along with their English translations.

faire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
faire	to do

Present		Scored
je fais	I do
tu fais	you do
il fait	he does
elle fait	she does
nous faisons	we do
vous faites	you do
ils font	they do
elles font	they do

Imperfect		Scored
je faisais	I was doing
tu faisais	you were doing
il faisait	he was doing
elle faisait	she was doing
nous faisions	we were doing
vous faisiez	you were doing
ils faisaient	they were doing
elles faisaient	they were doing

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je fis	I did
tu fis	you did
il fit	he did
elle fit	she did
nous fîmes	we did
vous fîtes	you did
ils firent	they did
elles firent	they did

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai fait	I have done
tu as fait	you have done
il a fait	he has done
elle a fait	she has done
nous avons fait	we have done
vous avez fait	you have done
ils ont fait	they have done
elles ont fait	they have done

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais fait	I had done
tu avais fait	you had done
il avait fait	he had done
elle avait fait	she had done
nous avions fait	we had done
vous aviez fait	you had done
ils avaient fait	they had done
elles avaient fait	they had done

Future		Scored
je ferai	I will do
tu feras	you will do
il fera	he will do
elle fera	she will do
nous ferons	we will do
vous ferez	you will do
ils feront	they will do
elles feront	they will do

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai fait	I will have done
tu auras fait	you will have done
il aura fait	he will have done
elle aura fait	she will have done
nous aurons fait	we will have done
vous aurez fait	you will have done
ils auront fait	they will have done
elles auront fait	they will have done

Conditional		Scored
je ferais	I would do
tu ferais	you would do
il ferait	he would do
elle ferait	she would do
nous ferions	we would do
vous feriez	you would do
ils feraient	they would do
elles feraient	they would do

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais fait	I would have done
tu aurais fait	you would have done
il aurait fait	he would have done
elle aurait fait	she would have done
nous aurions fait	we would have done
vous auriez fait	you would have done
ils auraient fait	they would have done
elles auraient fait	they would have done

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je fasse	(... that) I do
(... que) tu fasses	(... that) you do
(... que) il fasse	(... that) he does
(... que) elle fasse	(... that) she does
(... que) nous fassions	(... that) we do
(... que) vous fassiez	(... that) you do
(... que) ils fassent	(... that) they do
(... que) elles fassent	(... that) they do

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je fisse	(... that) I was doing
(... que) tu fisses	(... that) you were doing
(... que) il fît	(... that) he was doing
(... que) elle fît	(... that) she was doing
(... que) nous fissions	(... that) we were doing
(... que) vous fissiez	(... that) you were doing
(... que) ils fissent	(... that) they were doing
(... que) elles fissent	(... that) they were doing

Imperative		Scored
fais	Do
faisons	Let's do
faites	Do

Present Participle		Scored
faisant	doing

Past Participle		Scored
fait	done

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