Breakdown of Le fait que le gouvernement ne fasse rien les révolte.
ne
not (used before the verb)
faire
to do, to make
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
les
them (direct object pronoun)
rien
nothing (ne ... rien)
le gouvernement
the government
le fait que
the fact that
révolter
to outrage
Questions & Answers about Le fait que le gouvernement ne fasse rien les révolte.
Why is fasse in the subjunctive here instead of the indicative?
The phrase Le fait que (The fact that) requires the subjunctive. Even though it introduces a real event, French uses the subjunctive here because the main clause (les révolte) expresses an emotional reaction or judgment about that fact, rather than just neutrally declaring it.
What exactly is the subject of the main verb révolte?
Why is the negation ne fasse rien and not ne fasse pas rien?
The word rien (nothing) acts as the negative pair to ne, completely replacing pas. If you wrote ne fasse pas rien, it would be a clunky double negative meaning 'does not do nothing'.
Why is the pronoun les placed right before révolte?
les is the direct object pronoun for 'them' (the people who are outraged). In French, object pronouns must go immediately before the verb they apply to. Despite the subject being a long and complex clause, the pronoun still tucks in right before the main verb.
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