Breakdown of Quand vous organiserez la manifestation, vous ne la ferez pas sans moi.
vous
you (plural/formal)
moi
me
sans
without
ne
not (used before the verb)
pas
not (used after the verb)
faire
to do, to make
quand
when
organiser
to organize
la
her, it (feminine direct object pronoun)
la manifestation
the protest
Questions & Answers about Quand vous organiserez la manifestation, vous ne la ferez pas sans moi.
Why is it organiserez (future tense) when the English translation says "organize" (present tense)?
This is a major difference between French and English! In English, after words like "when" or "as soon as", we use the present tense even if we're talking about the future. In French, if the action happens in the future, you must use the future tense after temporal words like quand, lorsque, and dès que. So "When you organize" becomes Quand vous organiserez.
Does manifestation mean the same thing as the English word "manifestation"?
What does the la stand for in vous ne la ferez pas, and why is it placed there?
La is a direct object pronoun replacing la manifestation so we don't have to repeat the noun. In French, object pronouns go directly before the conjugated verb they belong to. In a negative sentence, the ne goes right before that pronoun, wrapping around the pronoun and the verb: ne + la + ferez + pas.
What verb is ferez? It doesn't look like a regular future tense verb.
Ferez is the vous form of the verb faire (to do / to make) in the futur simple. Faire has a highly irregular future stem: fer-. So, vous ne la ferez pas literally means "you will not do it".
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