Doing something on purpose in French
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To say you do something on purpose in French, you use the expression "faire exprès (de)".
Note that it never means "to do something quick/express"
"Faire exprès de" + infinitive = To (do something) on purpose
Remember that as a (+ avoir) verb in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), the past participle of faire doesn't agree with the subject of the verb:
See Conjugate faire in the present tense in French (Le Présent) and Conjugate faire (+ avoir) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
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Examples and resources
il faut vraiment le faire exprès !With all the subtle hints crossing your path over the last 3 weeks,
you'd really have to do it on purpose!
