Module 11 of the free French course (CEFR C1, first half), lesson 20 of 30: . On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 20.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| je fais réparer ma voiture | I am having my car repaired | zhuh feh ray-pah-ray mah vwah-TEWR |
| il a fait construire | he had (something) built | eel ah feh koh(n)-STRWEER |
| elle m'a fait rire | she made me laugh | ehl mah feh REER |
| réparer | to repair | ray-pah-RAY |
| le garagiste | the mechanic | luh gah-rah-ZHEEST |
| faire venir | to send for | fehr vuh-NEER |
| aussitôt | immediately | oh-see-TOH |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
To have something done BY someone else: je fais réparer ma voiture (I am having my car repaired), il a fait construire une maison, elle m'a fait rire.
Notice the order — faire and its infinitive never separate, and the object comes after them both. Je le fais réparer, never je le fais le réparer.
faire and its infinitive never separate: je fais réparer ma voiture, with the object after both. Never je le fais le réparer.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.
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