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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.



Verb phrases



InfinitiveScored
faireto do

PresentScored
je faisI do
tu faisyou do
il faithe does
elle faitshe does
nous faisonswe do
vous faitesyou do
ils fontthey do
elles fontthey do

ImperfectScored
je faisaisI was doing
tu faisaisyou were doing
il faisaithe was doing
elle faisaitshe was doing
nous faisionswe were doing
vous faisiezyou were doing
ils faisaientthey were doing
elles faisaientthey 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.
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je fisI did
tu fisyou did
il fithe did
elle fitshe did
nous fîmeswe did
vous fîtesyou did
ils firentthey did
elles firentthey did

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai faitI did
tu as faityou did
il a faithe did
elle a faitshe did
nous avons faitwe did
vous avez faityou did
ils ont faitthey did
elles ont faitthey did

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfaitScored
j'avais faitI had done
tu avais faityou had done
il avait faithe had done
elle avait faitshe had done
nous avions faitwe had done
vous aviez faityou had done
ils avaient faitthey had done
elles avaient faitthey had done

FutureScored
je feraiI will do
tu ferasyou will do
il ferahe will do
elle ferashe will do
nous feronswe will do
vous ferezyou will do
ils ferontthey will do
elles ferontthey 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.
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j'aurai faitI will have done
tu auras faityou will have done
il aura faithe will have done
elle aura faitshe will have done
nous aurons faitwe will have done
vous aurez faityou will have done
ils auront faitthey will have done
elles auront faitthey will have done

ConditionalScored
je feraisI would do
tu feraisyou would do
il feraithe would do
elle feraitshe would do
nous ferionswe would do
vous feriezyou would do
ils feraientthey would do
elles feraientthey 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.
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j'aurais faitI would have done
tu aurais faityou would have done
il aurait faithe would have done
elle aurait faitshe would have done
nous aurions faitwe would have done
vous auriez faityou would have done
ils auraient faitthey would have done
elles auraient faitthey would have done

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... 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 SubjunctiveScored
(... 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

ImperativeScored
fais Do
faisonsLet's do
faites Do

Present ParticipleScored
faisant doing

Past ParticipleScored
fait done

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