1. Le verbe faire to do or to make

2. do you? do we? does she? does he? Learning about the English word DO

3. do be do be do  English is one of only THREE languages that uses the verb to do in the following ways:  Do you like sandwiches?  Does she watch reality TV often?  Do we really need to go see Catching Fire a seventh time?  Do they have aquatic marmots at their pet store?

4. do/does as a question In these questions, what is the important verb?  Do you like sandwiches?  Does she watch reality TV often?  Do we really need to go see Catching Fire a seventh time?  Do they have aquatic marmots at their pet store? what are the verbs?  do/like  does/watch  do/see  do/have

5. to do vs. the world  Of those verb duos, the first verbs matter very little.  The second verbs are the verbs we pay attention to  We (as English speakers) recognize do or does as question words when they come at the beginning of a sentence  That’s all they are for us– indicators.

6. do to the do  However, we have lots of verbal phrases using to do  to do homework  to do the dishes  to do the laundry  to do one’s best

7. replacing do  Many times, verbal phrases using to do can be replaced by a more descriptive infinitive/verbal phrase  to do homework/to study  to do the dishes/to wash the dishes  to do the laundry/to wash clothes  to do one’s best…

8. le verbe faire to make/to do French usage

9. faire  je fais  tu fais  il/elle fait  nous faisons  vous faites  ils/elles font

10. Qu’est-ce que tu fais ?  What are you doing?  faire here is a placeholder for a better verb!!

11. Qu’est-ce que tu fais maintenant?  What are you doing now?  J’étudie.  Je regarde la présentation.  Je fais des notes.

12. verbal phrases with faire  faire les devoirs- to do homework  faire un match – to play a match  faire du shopping – to go shopping  faire des bêtises – to do silly things  faire la tête – to pout  faire la fête – to party, celebrate  faire l’enfant – to act like a child (in a bad way)  faire le linge – to do the laundry  faire la vaisselle – to do the dishes

13. with verbal phrases-- conjugate the verb  Verbal phrases must be conjugated!!  Correct:  Je fais les devoirs = I’m doing homework  WRONG:  Je faire les devoirs = I to do the homework faire = to do, to make je faisnous faisons tu faisvous faites il/elle faitils/elles font

14. Using faire and another verb  This is wrong.  Don’t do it.  There is something called the faire causatif, or the causative faire. It expresses the idea of making something happen.  But, you won’t learn how to do that for a few more semesters.  So DON’T PUT A VERB AFTER FAIRE.  Please.

15. The bottom line…  When faire is used in a question, you do not have to repeat it in your answer!  Sometimes, it will be appropriate to use faire, as with verbal phrases.  However, the following should be avoided at all costs:  Je fais mange.WRONG!!  Je fais suis.WRONG!!  Je fais nager.WRONG!!  Je fais danser.WRONG!!

16. this is what Mme H thinks when you use faire incorrectly-

17. and when you use it correctly… You go, girl. You go.