Present of far

Level 1

Far means to do or to make and has six irregular forms.

How It Works

Person	Form	Example
ieu	fau	Fau un cafè.
tu	fas	Qué fas?
el, ela	fa	Joan fa un cafè.
nosautres	fasèm	Qué fasèm uèi?
vosautres, vos	fasètz	Qué fasètz?
eles, elas	fan	Qué fan los dròlles?

A noun after the verb tells what someone does or makes. Ask Qué fas? to find out what someone is doing.

Far also appears in weather phrases, where English uses "it is": Fa bèl temps. (The weather is nice.) Fa fred. (It is cold.) These phrases have no subject. Learn them whole.

Notice the stem: fau, fas, fa and fan use fa-, while fasèm and fasètz use fas- with a grave accent on the è.

Examples (4)

Qué fas?
What are you doing?
Fas goes with tu.
Fau un cafè.
I am making a coffee.
Fau is the I form.
Qué fan los dròlles?
What are the children doing?
Fan goes with a plural subject.
Fa bèl temps.
The weather is nice.
Fa has no subject in weather phrases.

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Present of farLevel 1

Learn This First

Far is another table of six irregular forms, so èsser comes first.

Present of èsser
Know the present of èsser, because far fills the same six slots with its own forms: fau, fas, fa, fasèm, fasètz, fan.
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