faire comme

Owen W.B2Kwiziq community member

faire comme

'J'allais enfin faire comme mes grands frères !' as an english native i find this sentence very hard to parse, can someone explain the use of 'faire comme' here cause i see it elsewhere as well
Asked 1 year ago
Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Bonjour Owen,

'J'allais enfin faire comme mes grands frères !'  --> I was going finally to do like my big brothers.

The youngster was excited that by going to school he was finally going to do as his brothers do.

Hope this helps,

Bonne journée

Jim

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Just to complement Jim's answer:

faire comme (quelqu'un) -- to do like (somebody)

faire comme

'J'allais enfin faire comme mes grands frères !' as an english native i find this sentence very hard to parse, can someone explain the use of 'faire comme' here cause i see it elsewhere as well

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