French Phrase
Tu fais du sport le week‑end ?
Meaning
A casual way to ask someone whether they engage in any sport or physical activity during the weekend. It implies a friendly interest in the other person’s habits.
When to use
Use this question with friends, classmates, or colleagues in informal settings, such as after a conversation about free time, plans for the weekend, or when you want to suggest a joint activity.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Tufaisdusportleweek-end?
Tu (subject pronoun)
Informal second‑person singular pronoun used in familiar contexts.
fais (present of faire)
The verb faire means ‘to do / to make’; in this construction it forms the idiom ‘faire du sport’ = ‘to do sport’.
du (partitive article)
‘du’ = de + le; used before uncountable nouns or activities to mean ‘some’. Here it links the verb to the activity: ‘du sport’.
sport (noun)
A masculine noun meaning ‘sport, physical activity’.
le week‑end (time expression)
Borrowed from English; always preceded by the definite article ‘le’ when referring to the weekend in general.
Question intonation / ?
In spoken French the rising intonation at the end signals a yes‑no question; written form can also use ‘Est‑ce que’ or inversion.
🗨In Conversation
Tu fais du sport le week‑end ?
Do you do sports on the weekend?
Oui, je joue au foot le samedi et je fais du vélo dimanche.
Yes, I play football on Saturday and I bike on Sunday.
✕Common Mistakes
Tu es du sport le week‑end ?
‘Être’ (to be) cannot be used with ‘sport’; the correct verb is ‘faire’.
Tu fais sport le week‑end ?
When using the idiom, you need the partitive article ‘du’.
Tu fais du sport week‑end ?
The article must stay before ‘week‑end’; dropping it sounds unnatural.
↔Alternatives
Est‑ce que tu fais du sport le week‑end ?
Do you do sports on the weekend?
Pratiques‑tu du sport le week‑end ?
Do you practice sports on the weekend?
Tu pratiques un sport le week‑end ?
Do you practice a sport on the weekend?
Cultural Tip
In France the weekend is a prime time for sport: many people join local clubs for football, tennis, or pétanque, and cycling is especially popular. The word ‘week‑end’ is an English loanword that is fully integrated into everyday French, but you’ll still hear the more formal ‘le week‑end’ rather than ‘le weekend’. When asking this question, keep your tone light; French speakers often follow up with a suggestion to do the activity together.