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Le faire causatif (faire + infinitive) Reprise, Chapitre 10
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Quelle est la différence? I am taking my picture. I am having my picture taken.
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Faire + infinitive someone has something done by someone. Il a fait réparer sa voiture (par le méchanicien). –He had his car repaired by the mechanic. Elles vont faire construire une maison par un nouvel architecte. –They are going to have a house built by a new architect. Par or à can be used to indicate the person doing the action. Faire can be in any tense
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Faire + an infinitive can also indicate someone is making someone do something. L’institutrice fait travailler les élèves. –The teacher makes the children work. Elle les fait lire et écrire. –She makes them read and write.
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Faire + infinitive can also show something is (or is not) causing something to happen. La guerre fait souffrir tant de gens. –War makes so many people suffer. Le soleil fait fondre la glace. –The sun is melting the ice. Le film n’a pas fait rire ces enfants. –The film didn’t make these children laugh.
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Faire + Infinitive Negative expressions go around faire –Je ne fais pas couper les cheveux. Pronouns go in front of faire -Je ne les fais pas couper.
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Faire + Infintive If a sentence has a direct and indirect object, the part after par or à is the indirect object. Je fais réparer ma montre à M. Bijou. direct object indirect object Direct and/or indirect objects can be replaced by pronouns: Je la lui fais réparer.
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NOTE: There is never agreement with a preceding direct object in the passé composé with causative faire. Ce film? Il ne les a pas fait rire. –This film? It didn’t make them laugh. As-tu vu Amélie? Qui l’a fait pleurer? –Did you see Amelie? Who made her cry?
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