elevator/lift
les toilettes
water-closet, restroom monter en ascenseur to go up by elevator
(f) (no singular)
(only toliet, no bath)
prendre l'ascenseur
to take the elevator
le bureau
office
monter à pied
to go up by foot
Outside a House
la porte
door
la voiture
car
l'entrée (f)
entry(way)
la terrasse
patio
Furniture
le balcon
balcony
le rideau
curtain
le jardin
garden
la chaise
chair
la fleur
flower
la table
table
l'arbre (m)
tree
l'armoire (f)
cupboard
la cour
courtyard
le lit
bed
le (la) voisin(e)
neighbor
le tapis
carpet
le fauteuil
armchair
^ To express to live on ____ street, you say habiter rue ____
J'habite Rue Lecourbe. - I live on Lecourbe Street.
Il habite Rue de Rennes. - He lives on Rennes Street.
^ Quitter must be followed by a direct object, usually a room or building.. Partir is used in other phrases.
You will learn how to conjugate these verbs in a future lesson.
G: Faire
The verb faire is translated to to do or to make. It is irregularly conjugated (it does not count as a regular -re verb).
Formation
French Verb ? Present Indicative ?
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faire to do, to make
Singular
Plural
first person je fais jeuh fay I do
nous faisons noo fezohn we do
second person tu fais too fay you do
vous faites voo feht
you do
il fait eel fay he does
ils font
eel fohn
they do
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third person elle fait ell fay she does
(masc. or mixed)
on fait oh fay one does elles font ell fohnt they do (fem.) Uses For Faire
sports (in French you do sports rather than play them)
weather
tasks
le faire causatif
faire (conjugated) + infinitive - to have something done for oneself
Je fais réparer le fourneau. - I make/have the stove repaired.
Related Words
défaire - to demolish
malfaire - to do badly
refaire - to remake
Expressions with Faire
faire attention - to pay attention
faire connaissance - to get acquainted
faire la morale - to scold
faire la queue - to wait in line
s'en faire - to worry
