#Canadien

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celest larkBOT
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topaz thorn
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There's no faire in your example?

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Btw *les

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Or just nothing if it's indefinite

green flint
violet musk
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But I don't know what you're supposed to do, is it about the causative?

green flint
violet musk
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This has something to do with how the verb works

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« chauffer » means to heat/warm something up, right? Well, you are not the one doing the heating/warming; all you did was turn on the fire and it's that fire that's doing the heating for you

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Because of that, we use the causative faire

green flint
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ok i think i get it

violet musk
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The causative just means that you are asking something/someone else to do something.
« Je fais cuisiner mes enfants (I make my kids cook) »

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You're not the one doing the cooking, your kids are. Your role here is the one who's pushing or making them doing the cooking

green flint
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i guess it wouldnt work with verser since they are doiung it themselves and not something like a fire

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faire verser

violet musk
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Same idea for the cooking verbs where you're not the one actually heating/cooking/boiling the food, the fire is doing that; what you did was just turn on the fire to make it do so

violet musk
green flint
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ok i get it now

violet musk
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Faire verser can work but again it's a causative: You're asking someone else to do this thing

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« Je verse le café »
=> I'm the one pouring a cup of coffee

« Je lui fais verser le café »
=> Someone else is pouring a cup of coffee but under my orders

topaz thorn
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Bouillir = boil
You're not the one boiling, the water is, so you say faire bouillir (make boil)