Do, make - Faire (The 25th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Do, make is Faire. It can be used as verb, noun. This word often comes up when talking about activities & movements, occupation. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 25th most common word in French. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: do, make

French: faire

Examples


There's no reason to do this.	Il n'y a aucune raison de faire ça.
He has a lot of work to do.	Il a de nombreuses choses à faire.
That's all I want to do.	C'est tout ce que je veux faire.
I don't have anything to do right now.	Je n'ai rien à faire à l'instant.
Now I don't know what to do.	J'ignore maintenant quoi faire.
I can't do this now.	Je ne peux le faire maintenant.
We are not going to do that	Nous n'allons pas faire ça
I just don't know what to do anymore.	Je ne sais plus que faire.

I know how I can do this.	Je sais comment je peux le faire.
I don't know what else to do.	J'ignore ce que je dois faire d'autre.
That's all I want to do.	C'est tout ce que je veux faire.
I know you can make it.	Je sais que tu peux faire ça.
I'm not going to make it.	Je ne vais pas le faire.
I'll do you a favor.	Je vais vous faire une faveur.
She knows what she has to do.	Vous savez ce que vous avez à faire.
I don't know what you want to do.	Je ne sais pas ce que tu veux faire.
There is a lot to do.	Il y a beaucoup à faire.
You do everything I tell you not to.	Tu fais tout ce que je te dis de ne pas faire.
I can't let you do this.	Je ne peux pas te laisser faire ça.
I won't permit you to do that.	Je ne vais pas te laisser faire ça.
I had things to do.	J'ai eu des choses à faire.