Friday, November 22, 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, faire 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. General Usage If youre speaking about making something in a very general sense, then you should use faire. For example:    Je fais un gà ¢teau   Im making a cake   Fais ton lit   Make your bed   Il a fait une erreur   He made a mistake The same rule applies when implying causality:    Cela ma fait penser   That made me think   Il me fait faire la vaisselle   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 use faire when its followed by a noun in French, and rendre when its followed by an adjective. For example:    Cela me fait mal   That makes me feel pain. That hurts (me).   Tu me fais honte !   You make me feel so ashamed!   Cette pensà ©e fait peur   That thought makes me scared. Its a frightening thought.   Cela me rend heureux   That makes me happy.   Le poisson ma rendu malade   The fish made me sick.   Cest te rendre fou   Its enough to make/drive you crazy. There are some exceptions, of course. For the following nouns, you need to use the verb donner:   donner soif quelquun   to make someone thirsty   donner faim quelquun   to make someone hungry   donner froid quelquun   to make someone (feel) cold   donner chaud quelquun   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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