pourquoi on dit
Je me suis fait faire les ongles la semaine dernière.I had my nails done last week.
Mais pour "I had my hair brushed."
On dit "Je me suis fait brosser les cheveux," et pas "Je me suis fait faire brosser les cheveux." ? merci
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Laura C.Kwiziq community member
se fait faire
This question relates to:French lesson "Faire + [infinitive] = to have something done in French (Causative)"
Asked 2 hours ago
Maarten K. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Laura, this structure with a ‘ doubling up’ as ‘ se ( fait ) faire ‘ only arises when the reflexive verb is ‘ se faire ‘.
Note that the ‘ causative ‘ faire’ is the conjugated verb form ‘ fait ‘, so when the reflexive verb is, for example, ‘ se brosser ‘, the result is se (fait) brosser ‘ but when the reflexive verb is se faire, the result is ‘ se ( fait) faire ‘.
The link below is to a previous response to a different but related question and may help.
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/faire-de-nouvelles-sandales-1
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