Wednesday, November 6, 2019
How to Use Faire and Rendir in French
How to Use Faire and Rendir in French If youre making something and want to say so in French, which verb do you use, faireà or rendir? This is more complicated than it may seem, because to make can be translated into French in a number of ways. These two verbs are the most common and each has rules governing when and how to use them.à General Usage If youre speaking about making something in a very general sense, then you should useà faire. For example: à à à Je fais un gà ¢teauà à à Im making a cakeà à à Fais ton lità à à Make your bedà à à Il a fait une erreurà à à He made a mistake The same rule applies when implying causality: à à à Celaà maà faità penserà à à That made me thinkà à à Il meà faità faireà laà vaisselleà à à Hes making me do the dishesTo make in the sense of producing something is fabriquer, while in the sense of building its construire. To talk about forcing someone to do something (e.g., Make me!), use obliger or forcer. Special Cases Things get a little more complicated if you are describing how something makes you feel. In these cases, you should useà faire when its followed by a noun in French, and rendre when its followed by an adjective. For example: à à à Cela me fait malà à à That makes me feel pain. That hurts (me).à à à Tu me fais honte !à à à You make me feel so ashamed!à à à Cette pensà ©e fait peurà à à That thought makes me scared. Its a frightening thought. à à Cela me rend heureuxà à à That makes me happy.à à à Le poisson ma rendu maladeà à à The fish made me sick.à à à Cest te rendre fouà à à Its enough to make/drive you crazy. There are some exceptions, of course. For the following nouns, you need to use the verb donner: à à donner soif quelquunà à à to make someone thirstyà à à donner faim quelquunà à à to make someone hungryà à à donner froid quelquunà à à to make someone (feel) coldà à à donner chaud quelquunà à à to make someone (feel) hotBecause all of the above are adjectives in English, you might have a little trouble deciding if the French word is a noun or an adjective. The solution is to think about which French verb it needs to mean to be. Nouns need avoir (avoir mal, avoir soif) while adjectives need à ªtre (à ªtre heureux, à ªtre malade). Other Verbs Many expressions that include to make in English are translated by completely different verbs in French: to make angry fcher to make an appointment donner/prendre rendez-vous to make believe (pretend) faire semblant to make a decision prendre une dcision to make do se dbrouiller to make friends/enemies se faire des amis/ennemis to make the grade y arriver to make (someone) late mettre quelquun en retard to make a meal prparer un rpas to make money gagner de largent to make sure sassurer, vrifier to make tired fatiguer to make up (invent) inventer, fabriquer(after a fight) se rconcilier(with cosmetics) se maquiller
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