"La femme fait un chapeau."

Translation: The woman is making a hat.

[dapetras]

Is this the correct way to say this? Would it not be better to say "La femme fabrique un chapeau"?

[Sitesurf]

Verb "faire" is versatile and can mean a lot of things. "make" is the usual translation but you could use "fabrique" which is more specific.

[alpenglo]

No liason between fait and un? ( certainly not on the audio)

[Sitesurf]

A -T- liaison would indeed be most welcome!

[Kee_Wills]

The wife is not correct why?

[Sitesurf]

there is no indication in the French sentence that this woman is somebody's wife.

• la femme = the woman

• ma femme = my wife

[Kee_Wills]

so if referring to her as the wife, how would one say this, or is this an uncommon usage?

[Sitesurf]

"the wife" = l'épouse

[Kee_Wills]

d'accord, mille merci pour votre aide

[Jack-Warren]

I love this game!

[max.ryan]

I thought "fait" means "need"?

[Sitesurf]

Basically, "faire" means "to do" or "to make".

And it is also used a lot in idioms, like "il fait beau" (the weather is fine)

[Kee_Wills]

you could be referring to faut?

[Sky457559]

Fait=make Faut=need

[HMCeph]

I'm not sure if the audio is faulty or if I'm just pronouncing it incorrectly, is the "eau" in "chapeau" supposed to be silent?

[ChuckRhubarb]

Is tense important here? Could this sentence also be "the woman made a hat"?

[Sitesurf]

"she made a hat" means that the action is past and complete. In French: "elle a fait un chapeau" (passé composé)

[deactivated user]

why should we use the word fait? and when do we need to use it

[Sitesurf]

The verb "faire" means "to do" (an exercise, your homework...) or "to make" (coffee, potery...).

[Adwoa492332]

Hello any francophones here?

[Sitesurf]

Oui, moi !

[TaelonAshn]

What additions for fait are for each gender/group e.g. faites, font, which applies to which?

[Rae.F]

Verbs conjugate to person, not to gender.

FAIRE
je fais
tu fais
il/elle fait
nous faisons
vous faites
ils/elles font

[brian648024]

When is femme woman & not wife? How does one know. I answered the wife makes a hat and it failed.

[Rae.F]

Generally when it's in the possessive "ma femme" or "sa femme" etc. it's meant as "wife". All other times it's simply "woman".

[OnlyJsmooth]

Why is it 'fait' here can someone explain? How do you know which tense of verb to use in the middle of a sentence?

The verb tables only show for I, you, he, she, we and they.

[Rae.F]

Well, "la femme/the woman" is "elle/she", so you would use that conjugation.

[Cynthia901200]

Used is making before, it said i was wrong and posted as needs. What gives

[Rae.F]

"Faire" is "to do/to make".
http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-faire.html

"Falloir" is the defective verb (3rd person only) "to be necessary".
http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-falloir.html