Learn French: Vous avez fait un choix et vous avez pris un risque.

Vous avez fait un choix et vous avez pris un risque.

You made a choice and you took a risk.

Breakdown of Vous avez fait un choix et vous avez pris un risque.

to have (a meal/drink) / to take

Questions & Answers about Vous avez fait un choix et vous avez pris un risque.

Why is the past tense of 'to make' avez fait here?

Fait is the irregular past participle of the verb faire (to do / to make). To form the past tense, you combine the helper verb avez (you have) with fait to mean 'you made' or 'you have made'.

Where does the word pris come from?

It comes from the verb prendre (to take). Just like in English where 'take' becomes 'taken', French uses an irregular past participle for this verb. Pris is the past participle, so vous avez pris translates to 'you took' or 'you have taken'.

Is choix plural because it ends in an 'x'?

No, choix (choice) is singular here, which we can tell because it uses the singular article un (a). In French, a few singular words naturally end in 'x', 's', or 'z'. They do not change their spelling when they become plural.

Do I have to repeat vous avez in the second half of the sentence?

It is very common and sounds natural in French to repeat the subject and helper verb (vous avez) after et (and) for clarity. However, just like in English, it is also grammatically correct to drop it and say Vous avez fait un choix et pris un risque.