French Phrase
Tu fais quoi en dernier ?
Meaning
Literally ‘You do what at the end?’, it asks someone what the last thing they plan to do is. It’s a casual way to inquire about the final activity in a sequence of plans or tasks.
When to use
Use this phrase when you’re chatting with a friend, family member, or colleague about a day’s agenda, a party, a trip, or any series of actions and you want to know what the final step will be.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Tufaisquoiendernier?
Tu (subject pronoun)
Informal second‑person singular pronoun used in familiar contexts.
fais (present of faire)
The verb ‘faire’ conjugated for ‘tu’; means ‘to do / to make’.
quoi (interrogative pronoun)
Used in spoken French to ask ‘what’; placed after the verb in informal questions.
en dernier (temporal phrase)
Literally ‘in last’; indicates the final step of a series of actions.
Question mark & intonation
In spoken French the rising intonation signals a question; written form keeps the question mark.
🗨In Conversation
Tu fais quoi en dernier ?
What are you doing at the end?
Je regarde un film avant de dormir.
I’m watching a movie before I go to sleep.
✕Common Mistakes
Tu fais quoi à dernier ?
The preposition ‘à’ is incorrect here; the correct phrase uses ‘en’ to indicate ‘in/at’ a point in time.
Quoi tu fais en dernier ?
In spoken French the order ‘Tu fais quoi…’ is natural; swapping the order sounds overly formal and less idiomatic.
Tu fais quoi en dernieres ?
‘Dernier’ does not agree with gender or number in this expression; it stays singular masculine.
↔Alternatives
Qu'est‑ce que tu fais en dernier ?
What are you doing last?
Quelle est ta dernière activité ?
What is your last activity?
Qu'as‑tu prévu en dernier ?
What have you planned for the end?
Cultural Tip
‘Tu fais quoi…’ is very informal and typical of spoken French among peers. In a formal setting you’d switch to the inversion form ‘Qu'est‑ce que vous faites en dernier ?’. Also, French speakers often add a slight pause before ‘en dernier’ to stress the final step.