Breakdown of Le patron fait vérifier l'installation par le technicien.
faire
to do, to make
vérifier
to check
par
by, through / out of (motive)
le patron
the boss
le technicien
the technician
l'installation
the installation (f)
Questions & Answers about Le patron fait vérifier l'installation par le technicien.
The current lesson is on nominalization. How does l'installation demonstrate this concept here?
L'installation is the noun form of the verb installer (to install). Instead of using a clunky verbal clause to explain the action—such as "what the technician installed" (ce que le technicien a installé)—nominalization packs that entire idea into a single noun. This makes the sentence more concise and professional, a hallmark of B2-level French.
Why are the verbs fait and vérifier placed right next to each other?
This is the causative faire construction, which is used when a subject causes an action to happen but doesn't do it themselves (to have something done). Here, Le patron (the boss) isn't checking the equipment; he is having someone else do it. This structure is always formed by conjugating faire and immediately following it with an infinitive, which is vérifier here.
Why do we use par to introduce the technician?
As a quick refresher, if we wanted to replace l'installation with a pronoun ("The boss is having it checked"), where would the pronoun go?
The object pronoun would go before the conjugated verb faire, not before the infinitive. You would say: Le patron la fait vérifier par le technicien. In the causative construction, faire and the infinitive act as an unbreakable block, so pronouns must precede faire.
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