Learn French: Nous faisons la fête ce soir.

Nous faisons la fête ce soir.

We are partying tonight.

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Questions & Answers about Nous faisons la fête ce soir.

Why does the sentence use faisons (we do/make) if the English translation says "we are partying"?

In French, you don't "have" a party or use "party" as a verb. Instead, the expression is faire la fête, which literally means "to make the party" or "to do the party". Since the subject is nous (we), the verb faire becomes faisons.

How do you pronounce faisons? Does the ai sound like it normally does?

Surprisingly, no! Even though the letters ai usually make an "eh" sound in French, in the word faisons, they make a soft "uh" sound. It is pronounced roughly like "fuh-zohn".

Why is it just Nous faisons and not something like "Nous sommes faisons" for "We are partying"?

French doesn't have a separate "-ing" tense like English does. The French present tense covers both types of present actions! Because of this, nous faisons can translate to "we party" or "we are partying" depending on the context.

The translation says "tonight", but doesn't ce soir literally mean "this evening"?

Yes, it does! In French, ce soir is the standard and most common way to say "tonight". The word ce means "this" and is used here because soir (evening) is a masculine noun.