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Ils font la fête dans le jardin.

Ils font la fête dans le jardin.
They are partying in the garden.
From Lesson 38:The verb to do/make (faire)·French

Questions & Answers about Ils font la fête dans le jardin.

The translation says 'are partying', but where is the verb for 'to party'?
French doesn't have a single verb for 'to party'. Instead, you use the expression faire la fête, which literally translates to 'to do the party' or 'to make the party'. Since the subject here is ils (they), we use the matching form of faire, which is font.
Why is the verb spelled font?
Faire (to do/make) is a highly irregular verb. When matching it with ils or elles (they), the present tense form is always font. It does not follow regular verb endings, so this is a form you simply need to memorize.
Are the 's' in ils and the 't' in font pronounced?
No, both are silent. The 's' in ils is silent here because the next word (font) starts with a consonant. The 't' at the end of font is a typical silent final consonant in French.
Why does it say dans le jardin instead of using au jardin?
Dans means 'in' or 'inside' and emphasizes being physically enclosed in a space. French speakers treat a garden as a physical, enclosed area, so they say dans le jardin (inside the garden).

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