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Tu vas faire nettoyer cette tache au pressing ?

Tu vas faire nettoyer cette tache au pressing ?
Are you going to have this stain cleaned at the dry cleaner's?
From Lesson 158:The causative construction (faire)·French

Questions & Answers about Tu vas faire nettoyer cette tache au pressing ?

Why do we need faire here? Couldn't we just say Tu vas nettoyer cette tache?
Using just Tu vas nettoyer means you are going to wash the stain yourself. By using the causative construction faire nettoyer (to have cleaned), you are expressing that you are asking or paying someone else to do the work for you.
Why does cette tache come after both verbs instead of between them?
In the French causative construction, faire and the following infinitive (nettoyer) act like a tightly knit block. The object receiving the action (cette tache) must come immediately after the infinitive, never between the two verbs.
Is pressing an English word?
It looks like one, but le pressing is a French noun that specifically means the dry cleaner's. Since it is a masculine noun, we use au (a contraction of à le) to say at the dry cleaner's.
Why is it cette tache instead of ce tache?
The word tache (stain) is a feminine noun in French. Therefore, you must use the feminine demonstrative adjective cette (this or that). You would use ce for a masculine noun, and cet for a masculine noun starting with a vowel or silent h.

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