French reference

se faire

to get (something done to oneself); to make oneself

Irregular · 18 form tables

Includes indicative, conditional, subjunctive and imperative forms. Literary categories and supplied participle agreement forms are labeled separately.

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Indicative

Present

se faire: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI get (something done to myself)
tuyou get (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she gets (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe get (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) get (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey get (something done to themselves)

Compound past

se faire: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI got (something done to myself); I have gotten (something done to myself)
tuyou got (something done to yourself); you have gotten (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she got (something done to himself/herself); he/she has gotten (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe got (something done to ourselves); we have gotten (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) got (something done to yourself/yourselves); you (plural/formal) have gotten (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey got (something done to themselves); they have gotten (something done to themselves)

Imperfect

se faire: Imperfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI used to get (something done to myself)
tuyou used to get (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she used to get (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe used to get (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) used to get (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey used to get (something done to themselves)

Pluperfect

se faire: Pluperfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI had gotten (something done to myself)
tuyou had gotten (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she had gotten (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe had gotten (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) had gotten (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey had gotten (something done to themselves)

Future

se faire: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI will get (something done to myself)
tuyou will get (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she will get (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe will get (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) will get (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey will get (something done to themselves)

Future perfect

se faire: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI will have gotten (something done to myself)
tuyou will have gotten (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she will have gotten (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe will have gotten (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) will have gotten (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey will have gotten (something done to themselves)

Near future

se faire: Near future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI am going to get (something done to myself)
tuyou are going to get (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she is going to get (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe are going to get (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) are going to get (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey are going to get (something done to themselves)

Recent past

se faire: Recent past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI have just gotten (something done to myself)
tuyou have just gotten (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she has just gotten (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe have just gotten (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) have just gotten (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey have just gotten (something done to themselves)

Simple past (literary)

se faire: Simple past (literary)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI got (something done to myself)
tuyou got (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she got (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe got (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) got (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey got (something done to themselves)

Past anterior (literary)

se faire: Past anterior (literary)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI had gotten (something done to myself)
tuyou had gotten (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she had gotten (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe had gotten (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) had gotten (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey had gotten (something done to themselves)

Conditional

Conditional

se faire: Conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI would get (something done to myself)
tuyou would get (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she would get (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe would get (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) would get (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey would get (something done to themselves)

Past conditional

se faire: Past conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI would have gotten (something done to myself)
tuyou would have gotten (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she would have gotten (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe would have gotten (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) would have gotten (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey would have gotten (something done to themselves)

Past conditional, second form (literary)

se faire: Past conditional, second form (literary)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jeI would have gotten (something done to myself)
tuyou would have gotten (something done to yourself)
il/elle/onhe/she would have gotten (something done to himself/herself)
nouswe would have gotten (something done to ourselves)
vousyou (plural/formal) would have gotten (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/ellesthey would have gotten (something done to themselves)

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive

se faire: Present subjunctive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
je(that) I get (something done to myself)
tu(that) you get (something done to yourself)
il/elle/on(that) he/she gets (something done to himself/herself)
nous(that) we get (something done to ourselves)
vous(that) you (plural/formal) get (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/elles(that) they get (something done to themselves)

Past subjunctive

se faire: Past subjunctive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
je(that) I have gotten (something done to myself)
tu(that) you have gotten (something done to yourself)
il/elle/on(that) he/she has gotten (something done to himself/herself)
nous(that) we have gotten (something done to ourselves)
vous(that) you (plural/formal) have gotten (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/elles(that) they have gotten (something done to themselves)

Imperfect subjunctive (literary)

se faire: Imperfect subjunctive (literary)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
je(that) I got (something done to myself)
tu(that) you got (something done to yourself)
il/elle/on(that) he/she got (something done to himself/herself)
nous(that) we got (something done to ourselves)
vous(that) you (plural/formal) got (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/elles(that) they got (something done to themselves)

Pluperfect subjunctive (literary)

se faire: Pluperfect subjunctive (literary)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
je(that) I had gotten (something done to myself)
tu(that) you had gotten (something done to yourself)
il/elle/on(that) he/she had gotten (something done to himself/herself)
nous(that) we had gotten (something done to ourselves)
vous(that) you (plural/formal) had gotten (something done to yourself/yourselves)
ils/elles(that) they had gotten (something done to themselves)

Imperative

Imperative

se faire: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
tuget (something done to yourself)!
nouslet's get (something done to ourselves)!
vousget (something done to yourself/yourselves)! (plural/formal)

Additional forms

Gerund
Present participle
Past participle
/ / /
Past infinitive
Perfect participle

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