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How to say “I’m doing” in French Posted by Adir on Jul 13, 2012 in Grammar
Salut! Comment ça va?
French doesn’t have a specific verb tense to say sentences like these:
What are you doing? –> I’m doing my homework.
What’s he doing? –> He’s cleaning his car.
We have two ways of saying this. The first one is to use the present tense:
Qu’est-ce que tu fais ? Je fais mes devoirs.
Qu’est-ce qu’il fait ? Il nettoie sa voiture.
Now when you also have the verb expression être en train de , which means to be in process of doing something. You use it when you want to insist on the ongoing nature of an activity. Here are some examples:
Je suis en train d ‘étudier pour mon examen. [I’m studying for my test.] Tu es en train de faire tes devoirs. [You are doing your homework.] Il est en train de nettoyer sa voiture. [He is cleaning his car.] Elle est en train de se maquiller. [She’s putting makeup on.] On est en train d ‘attendre le bus. [We are waiting for the bus.] Nous sommes en train de jouer au football. [We are playing football.] Vous êtes en train de parler français. [You are speaking French.] Ils sont en train de se préparer pour l’entrevue. [They are preparing for the interview.]
If you don’t want to emphasize the time nature of the activity and only express the activity itself you could say:
J’ étudie pour mon examen. [I’m studying for my test.] Tu fais tes devoirs. [You are doing your homework.] Il nettoie sa voiture. [He is cleaning his car.] Elle se maquille . [She’s putting makeup on.] On attend le bus. [We are waiting for the bus.] Nous jouons au football. [We are playing football.] Vous parlez français. [You are speaking French.] Ils se préparent l’entrevue. [They are preparing for the interview.]
C’est tout pour aujourd’hui! On se voit!
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About the Author: Adir
English / Spanish teacher and translator for over 20 years. I have been blogging since 2007 and I am also a professional singer in my spare time.
Thanks, really useful and written in a way I can take in.
Bon continuation.
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- French and English Grammar / Grammaire française et anglaise
FR: On Friday I'm going to do my homework
- Thread starter Saklig
- Start date Nov 12, 2007
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- Nov 12, 2007
Hi Is this sentence correct? à vendredi je ferai mes devoirs et regarderai un film. On Friday I'm going to do my homework and watch a movie.
Vendredi je ferai... There is no à. Cheers!
- Nov 14, 2007
Also note you can translate "going to" in French the same way as English (using the word "aller": "to go"+ infinitive: "to ___") "Vendredi, je vais faire mes devoirs et vais regarder un film"
But they are not exactly equivalent. The mention of Friday suggests a break from the present to the future action, whereas je vais faire suggests no such break. It is immediate. Je vais faire tout de suite... La semaine prochaine, je ferai... Cheers!
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Mod et ratures.
geostan said: But they are not exactly equivalent. The mention of Friday suggests a break from the present to the future action, whereas je vais faire suggests no such break. It is immediate. Click to expand...
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I think that the future aspect going to is used in the same way as the French future proche going to suggests intention I'm going to take my driving test (next year) If not we 'should use' I'm taking my driving test next year IT is planned and not so much an intention! ++ so technically( lol )we should say on Friday I'm doing my homework and watching a movie or I'm doing my homework then watching a movie As nobody does their homework whilst watching a movie right?
Areyou Crazy said: If not we 'should use' I'm taking my driving test next year IT is planned and not so much an intention! ++ so technically( lol )we should say on Friday I'm doing my homework and watching a movie or I'm doing my homework then watching a movie Click to expand...
Personally , I can't say it's wrong. It works in a certain context. Will is sometimes used for spontaneous decisions made at the time of speaking. SO no it is good but unusual if the activity is ALREADY arranged!
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But they are not exactly equivalent. The mention of Friday suggests a break from the present to the future action, whereas je vais faire suggests no such break. It is immediate. This is the general idea. However you use the near future when you somehow want to link the sentence to the present, even if it is to take place much later.
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