The causative FAIRE construction is
used to express the idea of having something done, making someone do something,
or causing something to be done
A. FORMULATION
SUBJECT + FAIRE(Conjugated)+
INFINITIVE+ DIRECTOBJECT(Subject of Inf.)
J'ai fait venir le père à la réunion.
Il
fait construire une maison.
Nous
faisons manger le chat.
B) When there
are two objects of the infinitive, the indirect object always refers to the
person or thing that is completing the action (subject of the infinitive) and
the direct object refers to the object that receives the action of the
infinitive.
SUBJ + FAIRE (conjugated) + INFINITVE + DO + à + IO
Il fera boire un peu de vin à
son enfant.
He will make his
child drink a little wine.
Son dernier bouquin a fait gagner beaucoup
d'argent à Jean-Jaques.
His last book earned
Jean-Jaques a lot of money.
Elle a fait visiter la ferme à
ses parents.
She had her parents
visit the farm.
Tu vas faire perdre son poste à
ton copain.
You are going to make
your friend lose his job.
C)
When the direct
& indirect objects are in the form of object pronouns, they precede the
verb FAIRE and NOT the infinitive.
Il
la fait construire.
He
is having it built.
Il lui en fera boire un peu.
He will make him/her
drink a little of it.
Elle la leur a fait visiter.
She had them visit
it.
Tu vas le lui faire prendre.
You are going to make
him lose it.
B. SE FAIRE + INFINITIVE – means to
have I get something done to oneself. Thus,
the subject is not performing the action, but is having the action done by someone or something
else.
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Je me fais couper les cheveux. I'm
getting a haircut.
Elle
se fait bronzer à la plage. She is getting a tan at the beach.
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