Breakdown of Est-ce qu'il fait le ménage le week-end ?
il
he
le week-end
the weekend
est-ce que
is it that / do / does (question marker)
faire
to do, to make
le ménage
the housework / the cleaning
faire le ménage
to do the housework
Questions & Answers about Est-ce qu'il fait le ménage le week-end ?
Why is the verb spelled fait here?
Fait is the "he/she/it" form of the irregular verb faire (to do or to make). Since the subject is il (he), the correct form is il fait (he does). For comparison, "I do" or "you do" would be je fais and tu fais.
Is faire le ménage a special expression?
Where is the word for "on" in le week-end?
French doesn't use a preposition like "on" for days of the week or the weekend. Simply putting le before a time word indicates a regular habit. So, le week-end translates to "on the weekend" or "on weekends", showing that this is his normal routine.
Why is it qu'il instead of que il in the question phrase?
When the word que is followed by a word starting with a vowel (like il), the e is dropped and replaced with an apostrophe. This makes the words flow together better when spoken. So, the question phrase Est-ce que il must become Est-ce qu'il.
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