Breakdown of Il ne fait plus ce travail fatigant.
il
he
ce
this (before a noun)
faire
to do, to make
le travail
the job
Questions & Answers about Il ne fait plus ce travail fatigant.
Why is fatigant spelled without a "u" here, since the base verb is fatiguer?
This is a special quirk of some French verbs ending in -guer. When used as a standard present participle expressing an action, the word keeps the "u" (en fatiguant). But when it becomes a verbal adjective describing a noun, as it does here with travail, the "u" is dropped to become fatigant.
How do we know fatigant is acting as an adjective in this sentence rather than a verb?
It is placed directly after the noun it describes (ce travail) and expresses a state or quality rather than an action. Because it acts like a normal adjective here, it must agree in gender and number with the masculine singular noun travail. If the noun were feminine, like une tâche (a task), it would add an "e" and become fatigante.
What is the difference between il ne fait plus and il ne fait pas?
Why do we use ce instead of cet before travail?