What does faire faire mean?

Faire is one of the most common and useful French verbs and has irregular conjugations in just about every tense and mood. Faire literally means “to do” or “to make,” but it’s also found in many idiomatic expressions and is the key to the causative construction.

Is partir followed by de?

5 – Partir = to Leave Behind, to Depart Partir is never followed by a direct object. It’s usually used alone, or with a complement of place (like a destination) or a complement of time.

Is avec a preposition?

As in English, the actual choice of a preposition can be highly idiomatic….”Basic” prepositions.

French preposition	Common English equivalent	Comments
à	at, in	à+le>au; à+les>aux
après	after
avant	before
avec	with

Is où a preposition?

* Où can only be used when referring to a time or place, and only with the prepositions listed above. Otherwise … If the preposition is de plus a person or thing, the relative pronoun has to be dont. If any preposition other than de, jusque, or par is required, the relative pronoun is lequel.

Does faire take avoir or être?

The French verbs avoir (“to have”), être (“to be”) and faire (“to do or make”) are the three most used and, thus, most important verbs in the French language. They are used in some of the ways that we do in English as well as in many idiomatic expressions.

Does Oublier take A or DE?

The verb oublier is one such example. While in English we say to forget to do something, the same idea is expressed in French by following the verb oublier with the preposition de.

Does Sortir take DE?

Sortir is usually intransitive (no object), and needs the preposition de to express the idea of leaving from somewhere.