Causative Construction – Construction Causative (Causatif)
The causative is a grammatical construction with a lazy subject who, rather than performing
some action himself, is making someone or something else do it. It is equivalent to "make The conjugated ‘faire’ after the
something happen" or "have something done." now means either ‘have’ or ‘ma
It is formed as follows: Faire conjugated according to the subject; Action verb in the infinitive;
The ‘faire’ can also be conjugat
Agent and/or Recipient. This leads to three possible constructions.
any tense.
Agent only
Agent and Recipient
Use this when the subje
Recipient only
Use this when the subject is making the agent do som
making the agent do something Use this when the subject is making
to the recipient. Subject + faire + infinitiv
something happen to the recipient or
having something done to the recipient.
Subject + faire + infinitive +
recipient + par/à + agent. Subject + faire + infinitive + recipient.
Je fais étudier mes enfant
I make my children study
Je fais tondre le gazon à mon fils.
Je fais tondre le gazon le samedi.
I have my son mow the lawn.
I have the lawn mowed on Saturdays.
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