To express scaring someone in French, we can use the expression "faire peur à" (Literally: to make fear to [someone]).
How to use 'faire peur à' in French
Look at these examples:
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
See also the previous lesson: Avoir peur de = To be afraid/scared of (French Expressions with avoir)
See also Me/te/nous/vous = Me/you/us/you (French Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns) and Using lui/leur = him or her/them (French Indirect Object Pronouns)
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