Look at these sentences:
Tu veux faire partie de l'équipe?
Do you want to be part of the team?
Elle ne fait pas partie de mes invités.
She is not part of my guests.
Nous ne faisons pas partie de ses amis.
We're not part of his friends.
Ils vont faire partie de la parade.
They're going to be part of the parade.
Je fais partie du club d'échecs.
I'm part of the chess club.
Notice that to express ''to be part of something / to belong to'', in French you use ''faire partie de quelque chose''.
Note also that de becomes du with masculine and des with plural.
ATTENTION:
Je suis partie de Paris. actually means ''I left [from]Paris.'' (It's Le Passé Composé of 'partir')
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Je fais partie de ce groupe.
I am part of that band.
Elle ne fait pas partie de mes invités.
She is not part of my guests.
Je fais partie du club d'échecs.
I'm part of the chess club.
Tu veux faire partie de l'équipe?
Do you want to be part of the team?
Ils vont faire partie de la parade.
They're going to be part of the parade.
Nous ne faisons pas partie de ses amis.
We're not part of his friends.
Q&A
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
14/05/18
Hi Mme,
Indeed you can use 'faire partie de' for things as well as people.
e.g.
Les nations qui font partie de l' Union Européenne sont...
Ce projet fait partie d'une série de réformes économiques....
Hope this helps!
Ron
Kwiziq community member
24/10/17
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
21/05/17
Here is a link to our lesson related to faire in Le Subjonctif:
Conjugate faire in Le Subjonctif Présent (subjunctive mood)">Conjugate faire in Le Subjonctif Présent (subjunctive mood)">Conjugate faire in Le Subjonctif Présent (subjunctive mood)">Conjugate faire in Le Subjonctif Présent (subjunctive mood)
Bonne journée !
Gruff
Kwiziq language super star
31/08/16
Hi Steven, in negative expressions, we always use de or d' irrespective of plurality. See this lesson: du, de la, de l', & des all become de or d' in negative sentences
Steven
Kwiziq community member
31/08/16
Laura
Kwiziq language super star
1/09/16
Bonjour Steven,
Possessive adjectives don't contract, so you'd say nous faisons partie de ses amis, je fais partie de mes invités, etc.
Or if you're not using the adjective, then yes, you say des amis, des invités.
Robin
Kwiziq community member
10 January 2019
1 reply
question re kwiz question
Bonjour:) Would you please review the kwiz answer I missed in the above lesson? I did not find any of the possible choices for an answer to be particularly applicable. The actual answer seemed like it was l'imparfait situation in the past so I did not choose that one. I knew "built" was not a verb used in the choice but it seemed to imply the present tense to me. Anyway, many thanks for some clarification on this question at your convenience I hope? Merci.
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
11 January 2019
11/01/19
Hi Robin,
Can you re-post this question using your ‘Report it’ in your Correction Board as it links directly to the specific quiz and makes it easier to answer your query.
Merci!