{"id":6879,"date":"2011-06-09T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T17:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=6879"},"modified":"2017-10-19T14:26:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:26:52","slug":"monsieur-balzac-asks-you-how-well-can-you-do-french-conjugaison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/monsieur-balzac-asks-you-how-well-can-you-do-french-conjugaison\/","title":{"rendered":"Monsieur Balzac Asks: How Well Can You Do French Conjugaison?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Imagine one second that your French teacher asks you by surprise: &#8220;<\/span>Passez au tableau<span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8221; (&#8220;Come to the blackboard&#8221;) to write the full\u00a0<\/span>conjugaison <span style=\"color: #000000;\">of the verb &#8220;<\/span>faire<span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8221; (&#8220;to do&#8221;)&#8212;<\/span>&#8220;Que faire?&#8221; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(&#8220;What to do<\/span>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">?)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Whatever you &#8220;do&#8221;, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ne panique pas<\/span>(don&#8217;t panic)! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As you will see in the tables listed below, it&#8217;s far from being a &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UNE MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE<\/span>&#8220;&#8212;Especially if Monsieur Balzac comes to your rescue with a few case-in-point examples! <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2192 Monsieur Balzac<\/span>: &#8220;Votre mission, si vous d\u00e9cidez de l&#8217;accepter (Your mission, should you choose to accept it&#8221;) is &#8220;to do&#8221;\u00a0la conjugaison of the verb &#8220;faire&#8221; (&#8220;To Do&#8221;)&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">* \u00c0 titre d&#8217;exemple (as a case in point):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Faire&#8221; au pr\u00e9sent de l&#8217;indicatif:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Chaque matin, je fais mes devoirs de fran\u00e7ais&#8221; (&#8220;Each morning, I do my French homework&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Faire&#8221; au pass\u00e9 simple:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;C&#8217;est ainsi que <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">je fis<\/span> mon premier pas dans la vie&#8221; (&#8220;That is how I did my first step in life&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Faire&#8221; au futur simple:<\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;\u00c0 ce rythme-l\u00e0, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ils<\/span> ne <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">feront<\/span> pas long feu&#8221; (From the French expression &#8220;faire long feu&#8221;, meaning to last long)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=73STisPpj2E\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=73STisPpj2E<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chain-smoker and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-matrice-vous-souhaite-bonne-nuit-les-petits-the-matrix-wishes-you-good-night-kids-or-how-the-mass-strikes-reflect-the-french-malaise-1ere-partie\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">malaise<\/span><\/a> connaisseur&#8221; Serge Gainsbourg used the idiomatic French expression &#8220;faire long feu&#8221; (literally &#8220;to make long fire&#8221;, meaning &#8220;to last long&#8221;) in the negative: &#8220;Pas long feu&#8221; (&#8220;Won&#8217;t Last Long&#8221;)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Faire&#8221; au plus que parfait:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Parbleu! La belle,\u00a0vous aviez fait le lit comme pour une mari\u00e9e&#8221; (&#8220;Of course, beautiful, you had done the bed as if it were for a bride&#8221;) &lt;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Balzac, &#8220;Le m\u00e9decin de campagne&#8221;<\/span>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Faire&#8221; au pass\u00e9 ant\u00e9rieur:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Lorsque\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">nous e\u00fbmes<\/span> fait quelques pas, cette larme magique se s\u00e9cha&#8221; (&#8220;When we had made a few steps, this magic tear dried&#8221;) &lt;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Balzac, &#8220;Nouvelles et contes&#8221;<\/span>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Faire&#8221; au subjonctif de l&#8217;imparfait<\/span>:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Je voudrais bien\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">que vous fissiez<\/span> vos affaires de telle sorte que vous pussiez y \u00eatre dans trois ans&#8221; (&#8220;I would like that you do your things in such a way that you could be there in three years&#8221;) &lt;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Balzac, &#8220;Lettres \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9trang\u00e8re&#8221;<\/span>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Faire&#8221; au subjonctif du plus que parfait:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Si les royalistes\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">eussent fait<\/span> leur devoir pendant la Restauration&#8221; <\/span>(&#8220;If the Royalists had done their duty during the [Bourbon] Restoration&#8221;) &lt;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Balzac<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">, &#8220;La Com\u00e9die humaine&#8221;<\/span>&gt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Faire&#8221; au participe pass\u00e9: <\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;La c\u00e9l\u00e9brit\u00e9 que son talent lui avait acquise\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ayant fait <\/span>de lui l&#8217;un des artistes les plus chers \u00e0 la France, il commen\u00e7ait \u00e0 ne plus conna\u00eetre le besoin&#8221; (&#8220;The celebrity earned by his talent having made out of him one of the most valuable artists to France, he ceased to live in need&#8221;) &lt;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Balzac, &#8220;Sc\u00e8nes de la vie parisienne&#8221;<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">* CONJUGAISON OF THE VERB &#8220;FAIRE&#8221; (&#8220;TO DO&#8221;):<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"alignleft\" border=\"1\" width=\"670\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">L&#8217; I N D I C A T I F<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Pr\u00e9sent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fais<br \/>\nfais<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfaisons<br \/>\nfaites<br \/>\nfont<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Imparfait<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">faisais<br \/>\nfaisais<br \/>\nfaisait<br \/>\nfaisions<br \/>\nfaisiez<br \/>\nfaisaient<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pass\u00e9 simple<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fis<br \/>\nfis<br \/>\nfit<br \/>\nf\u00eemes<br \/>\nf\u00eetes<br \/>\nfirent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Futur simple<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ferai<br \/>\nferas<br \/>\nfera<br \/>\nferons<br \/>\nferez<br \/>\nferont<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Pass\u00e9 compos\u00e9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ai<br \/>\nas<br \/>\na<br \/>\navons<br \/>\navez<br \/>\nont<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Plus que parfait<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">avais<br \/>\navais<br \/>\navait<br \/>\navions<br \/>\naviez<br \/>\navaient<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Pass\u00e9 ant\u00e9rieur<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eus<br \/>\neus<br \/>\neut<br \/>\ne\u00fbmes<br \/>\ne\u00fbtes<br \/>\neurent<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Futur ant\u00e9rieur<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">aurai<br \/>\nauras<br \/>\naura<br \/>\naurons<br \/>\naurez<br \/>\nauront<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"alignleft\" border=\"1\" width=\"670\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">L E \u00a0S U B J O N C T I F<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Pr\u00e9sent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">que<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fasse<br \/>\nfasses<br \/>\nfasse<br \/>\nfassions<br \/>\nfassiez<br \/>\nfassent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Imparfait<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">que<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fisse<br \/>\nfisses<br \/>\nf\u00eet<br \/>\nfissions<br \/>\nfissiez<br \/>\nfissent<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Pass\u00e9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">que<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">aie<br \/>\naies<br \/>\nait<br \/>\nayons<br \/>\nayez<br \/>\naient<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Plus que parfait<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">que<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nque<br \/>\nqu&#8217;<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eusse<br \/>\neusses<br \/>\ne\u00fbt<br \/>\neussions<br \/>\neussiez<br \/>\neussent<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"alignleft\" border=\"1\" width=\"670\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">L E \u00a0 C O N D I T I O N N E L<\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">L&#8217; I M P \u00c9 R A T I F<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Pr\u00e9sent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">je<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ferais<br \/>\nferais<br \/>\nferait<br \/>\nferions<br \/>\nferiez<br \/>\nferaient<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"25%\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Pass\u00e9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">j&#8217;<br \/>\ntu<br \/>\nil<br \/>\nnous<br \/>\nvous<br \/>\nils<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">aurais<br \/>\naurais<br \/>\naurait<br \/>\naurions<br \/>\nauriez<br \/>\nauraient<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\nfait<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pr\u00e9sent <\/span><br \/>\nfais<br \/>\nfaisons<br \/>\nfaites<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pass\u00e9 <\/span><br \/>\naie fait<br \/>\nayons fait<br \/>\nayez fait<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"alignleft\" border=\"1\" width=\"670\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">L&#8217; I N F I N I T I F<\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">L E \u00a0P A R T I C I P E<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pr\u00e9sent <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">faire<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pass\u00e9 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">avoir fait<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pr\u00e9sent <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">faisant<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pass\u00e9 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ayant fait<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"alignleft\" border=\"1\" width=\"670\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">L E \u00a0 G \u00c9 R O N D I F<\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pr\u00e9sent <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">en faisant<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pass\u00e9 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">en ayant fait<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Imagine one second that your French teacher asks you by surprise: &#8220;Passez au tableau&#8221; (&#8220;Come to the blackboard&#8221;) to write the full\u00a0conjugaison of the verb &#8220;faire&#8221; (&#8220;to do&#8221;)&#8212;&#8220;Que faire?&#8221; (&#8220;What to do&#8220;?) 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