online game - listen to these three verbs in the Conjugated Verbs section
Ficher and foutre have many many meanings and are used in a lot of different ways. In this worksheet, we will first focus on ficher and foutre as a synonym of faire – to make or to do. The difference between the three is the register.
normal register -- a bit cross -- really offensive[1]
.......FAIRE -- FICHER[2] -- FOUTRE
In context
Qu’est-ce que tu fais ? What are you doing?
Qu’est-ce que tu fiches ? What the heck are you doing?
Qu’est-ce que tu fous ? What are you f*cking doing?
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Expressions with ficher and foutre
- ficher les jetons à quelqu’un -- foutre les jetons à quelqu’un -- To scare someone to death
- Ficher le camp -- foutre le camp -- To get the heck out of t/here
- Ficher quelque chose -- foutre quelque chose -- To the heck do something
- Ficher quelqu’un dehors -- Foutre quelqu’un dehors -- To kick someone out
- Ficher la paix à quelqu’un -- Foutre la paix à quelqu’un -- To leave someone alone
- Ficher un coup à quelqu’un -- Foutre un coup à quelqu’un -- To strike someone emotionally
- Ficher -- Foutre -- To put some place
- Ficher -- Foutre -- To give
- Ficher -- Foutre -- To do, to make
- Ficher -- ø -- To index
- Se ficher de -- Se foutre de -- To not care about, to not be interested in
- Se ficher de quelqu’un -- Se foutre de quelqu’un -- To make fun of someone
[1] really offensive, yet very commonly used. Watch this 1956 where she uses foutre
[2] note that ficher has two past participles fichu and fiche: see the Passé composé Verb section
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