Je fais étudier mon fils. I make my son study.
Je fais étudier ses leçons à I make my son study his lessons.
(_or_ par) mon fils.
Je le fais étudier. I make him study.
Je les lui fais étudier. I make him study them.
Elle va se faire faire une robe. She is going to have a dress made.
Je l'entends chanter /I hear him sing.
\I hear it sung.
Je me laisse amuser. I allow myself to be amused.
Il se laisse tomber. He lets himself drop.
Je les vois venir. I see them coming.
Je l'ai vu battre. I saw him beaten.
A. 1. Did you hear him tell that story? 2. Yes, but I had heard
it told so often that I didn't laugh at [1] it this time. 3.
Thunder makes milk sour. 4. They[2] are going to have this street
paved. 5. Don't let your coat get[3] torn.[4] 6. I saw this man
struck. 7. I am going to make him pay for[3] it. 8. He had himself
led before the king. 9. The king will have the story told to
him(self). 10. Rabelais made the boy write. 11. He made him write
some labels. 12. If the king heard this talked of, he would have
me arrested. 13. Do you know how[3] to cook eggs? 14. He gets
absorbed in (lets himself be absorbed by) his work. 15. I am
going to have a coat made for[3] me. 16. I am going to have it
made by the tailor.[5] 17. He will charge[6] me 200 francs for[3]
it. 18. Unless[7] it is[8] bad weather to-morrow, I shall go
walking. 19. The innkeeper asks that he be informed[9] when the
king arrives. 20. The servant withdraws, so her master may be[9]
alone.
[Footnotes 1: _of it_. 2: on. 3: _omit_. 4: _active infinitive_.
5: le tailleur. 6: faire payer. 7: à moins que. 8: _subjunctive
of_ faire, _introduced_ by ne. 9: _subjunctive, why?_ 10: _tense?_]
B. Word Study. In the following anecdote, substitute equivalents
for expressions in italics: