Questions & Answers about Est-ce que vous avez fait ce choix ?
Wait, I thought faire meant 'to do'. Why does it translate to 'make' here?
The verb faire means both 'to do' and 'to make'. While English uses 'make' for a choice ('make a choice'), French uses faire (faire un choix). Since this is the past tense, fait is the irregular past participle of faire, meaning 'made' in this sentence. How does the past tense work in avez fait?
This is the passé composé, the most common past tense in French. It is built using two parts: the helper verb (avez, meaning 'have') and the past participle (fait, meaning 'made'). So, vous avez fait literally translates to 'you have made'. Why is there an 'x' at the end of choix if it means 'this choice' (singular)?
Some French words just naturally end in -s, -x, or -z even when they are singular. Le choix (the choice) is one of them! Because it already ends in -x, its spelling does not change if you make it plural (les choix means 'the choices'). Why do we use ce for 'this' instead of cette?
Ce is the masculine singular word for 'this' or 'that'. You use it here because choix is a masculine word. If the word were feminine, like décision (decision), you would use cette (cette décision). Could I ask this same question without using est-ce que?
Yes! You can simply drop est-ce que and make your voice go up at the end: Vous avez fait ce choix ? (common in spoken French). You could also flip the verb and pronoun: Avez-vous fait ce choix ? (more formal). Learn Est-ce que vous avez fait ce choix and more in French
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