Hi Elizabeth,
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À Halloween, je fais peur à mes neveux !
At Halloween, I scare my nephews!
Nous faisons peur à Elsa à chaque fois.
We scare Elsa every time.
To say to scare [someone] in French, you use the expression faire peur à + [quelqu'un].
Literally : "to do/give fear to [someone]"
Literally : "to do/give fear to [someone]"
If à is followed by le or les, use the contracted forms au and aux.
To scare [me, you, him...]
To express scaring someone using pronouns (me, you, him, her, us, them), you will use:
Indirect object pronoun (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur) + faire peur
Il me faisait peur quand j'étais petit.
He used to scare me when I was small.
Tu es bête ! Tu nous as fait peur !
You're silly! You scared us!
Elle leur fait vraiment peur quand elle fait ça.
She really scares them when she does that.
See also the previous lesson: Avoir peur de = To be afraid/scared of
See also Me, te, nous, vous = Me, you, us, you (direct and indirect object pronouns) and Replacing people with lui, leur = him, her, them (indirect object pronouns)
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Tu as fait peur au vieux monsieur !
You scared the old man!
Nous faisons peur à Elsa à chaque fois.
We scare Elsa every time.
À Halloween, je fais peur à mes neveux !
At Halloween, I scare my nephews!
Elle leur fait vraiment peur quand elle fait ça.
She really scares them when she does that.
Il me faisait peur quand j'étais petit.
He used to scare me when I was small.
Tu es bête ! Tu nous as fait peur !
You're silly! You scared us!
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ElizabethKwiziq community member
Hello. I included "You had eaten cereal this morning" among the correct answers. Why is this one wrong? Thanks.
Asked 2 months ago
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Hello. I included "You had eaten cereal this morning" among the correct answers. Why is this one wrong? Thanks.
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ChrisKwiziq community member
effrayer or faire peur
Is effrayer no approproiate in place of faire peur
Asked 2 months ago
Hi Chris,
The verb ‘effrayer’ does indeed exist and it means ‘faire peu à ‘, however, the French use ‘fairy peur’ much more frequently and it is trickier to use, hence the lesson.
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KellyKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
"If à is followed by le ou les, use the contracted forms au and aux."
Asked 8 months ago
KellyKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Sorry I accidentally pressed something and the message was sent (twice!)
I meant to say that I think the word "ou" should be "or" (in English) to avoid confusion in the above quoted sentence.
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TerryKwiziq community member
Don't scare me like that! Is that.. Ne fais pas peur a moi comme ça !
Asked 1 year ago
Bonjour Terry !
On dira plutôt : "Ne me fais pas peur comme ça !"
Bonne journée !
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Hi Thekla,
yes, you could say that. It would mean that there was one occasion when you were small that he scared you. If you wanted to express that he did it habitually when you were small you would use the imperfect in both clauses:
Il me faisait peur quand j'étais petit.
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
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